#72C8E5#72C8E5

#72C8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.093 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8E5
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -18.25, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 28.90, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0689 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.093 222)
XYZ	xyz(41.7312, 50.5396, 81.6695)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8E5 #E58F72

analogous

#72E5C8 #72C8E5 #728FE5

triadic

#72C8E5 #E572C8 #C8E572

tetradic

#72C8E5 #C872E5 #E58F72 #8FE572

square

#72C8E5 #C872E5 #E58F72 #8FE572

split-complementary

#72C8E5 #E5728F #E5C872

monochromatic

#2294BA #3EB4DB #72C8E5 #A6DCEF #D9F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72C8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#72C8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8E5

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8E5	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ED1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.093 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8ed',
    500: '#72c8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8e5;
$custom-light: #a2d8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.13,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78927,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.50543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8E5

secondary

#BA6041

accent

#4415D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8E5

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

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