#72C7EA#72C7EA

#72C7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.096 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7EA
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -16.34, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 30.09, 237.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.066 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.096 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2086, 50.3612, 85.3223)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7EA #EA9572

analogous

#72EAD1 #72C7EA #728BEA

triadic

#72C7EA #EA72C7 #C7EA72

tetradic

#72C7EA #D172EA #EA9572 #8BEA72

square

#72C7EA #D172EA #EA9572 #8BEA72

split-complementary

#72C7EA #EA728B #EAD172

monochromatic

#1D94C4 #3DB2E2 #72C7EA #A7DCF2 #DDF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72C7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#72C7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7EA

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7EA	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.096 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f0',
    500: '#72c7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7ea;
$custom-light: #a2d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78897,
    "c": 0.09625,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7EA

secondary

#C2653E

accent

#490FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7EA

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

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