#72C7EB#72C7EB

#72C7EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.097 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7EB
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -16.05, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 30.34, 238.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0656 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.097 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3526, 50.4188, 86.0811)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7EB #EB9672

analogous

#72EBD2 #72C7EB #728AEB

triadic

#72C7EB #EB72C7 #C7EB72

tetradic

#72C7EB #D272EB #EB9672 #8AEB72

square

#72C7EB #D272EB #EB9672 #8AEB72

split-complementary

#72C7EB #EB728A #EBD272

monochromatic

#1C94C6 #3CB2E3 #72C7EB #A8DCF3 #DDF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72C7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#72C7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7EB

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7EB	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.097 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f1',
    500: '#72c7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7eb;
$custom-light: #a2d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.851,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78937,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7EB

secondary

#C3663E

accent

#4A0ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7EB

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

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