#72C7EF#72C7EF

#72C7EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.100 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7EF
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -14.92, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 31.45, 241.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0642 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.1 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9370, 50.6526, 89.1589)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7EF #EF9A72

analogous

#72EFD9 #72C7EF #7289EF

triadic

#72C7EF #EF72C7 #C7EF72

tetradic

#72C7EF #D972EF #EF9A72 #89EF72

square

#72C7EF #D972EF #EF9A72 #89EF72

split-complementary

#72C7EF #EF7289 #EFD972

monochromatic

#1894CF #3BB1E9 #72C7EF #A9DDF5 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72C7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#72C7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7EF

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7EF	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ED2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.100 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f4',
    500: '#72c7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7ef;
$custom-light: #a2d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79097,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7EF

secondary

#C86A3D

accent

#4D0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7EF

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

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