#72C6EE#72C6EE

#72C6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.100 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C6EE
RGB	rgb(114, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -14.68, -27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 31.29, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0634 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.1 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5604, 50.1350, 88.3065)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C6EE #EE9A72

analogous

#72EED8 #72C6EE #7288EE

triadic

#72C6EE #EE72C6 #C6EE72

tetradic

#72C6EE #D872EE #EE9A72 #88EE72

square

#72C6EE #D872EE #EE9A72 #88EE72

split-complementary

#72C6EE #EE7288 #EED872

monochromatic

#1993CD #3BB0E7 #72C6EE #A9DCF5 #DFF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72C6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#72C6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C6EE

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C6EE	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.100 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d7f3',
    500: '#72c6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c6ee;
$custom-light: #a2d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78834,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C6EE

secondary

#C76A3D

accent

#4E0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C6EE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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