#72C6EF#72C6EF

#72C6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.100 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C6EF
RGB	rgb(114, 198, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -14.40, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 31.58, 242.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0631 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.1 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7077, 50.1939, 89.0824)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C6EF #EF9B72

analogous

#72EFDA #72C6EF #7288EF

triadic

#72C6EF #EF72C6 #C6EF72

tetradic

#72C6EF #DA72EF #EF9B72 #88EF72

square

#72C6EF #DA72EF #EF9B72 #88EF72

split-complementary

#72C6EF #EF7288 #EFDA72

monochromatic

#1893CF #3BB0E9 #72C6EF #A9DCF5 #E0F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72C6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#72C6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C6EF

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C6EF	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FD1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.100 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d7f4',
    500: '#72c6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c6ef;
$custom-light: #a2d7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.68,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78875,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C6EF

secondary

#C86B3D

accent

#4F0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C6EF

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

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