#72C7EE#72C7EE

#72C7EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.099 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7EE
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -15.20, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 31.16, 240.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0645 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.099 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7897, 50.5937, 88.3830)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7EE #EE9972

analogous

#72EED7 #72C7EE #7289EE

triadic

#72C7EE #EE72C7 #C7EE72

tetradic

#72C7EE #D772EE #EE9972 #89EE72

square

#72C7EE #D772EE #EE9972 #89EE72

split-complementary

#72C7EE #EE7289 #EED772

monochromatic

#1994CD #3BB1E7 #72C7EE #A9DDF5 #DFF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72C7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#72C7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7EE

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7EE	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.099 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f3',
    500: '#72c7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7ee;
$custom-light: #a2d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.871,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79057,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7EE

secondary

#C7693D

accent

#4C0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7EE

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

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