#72C8EA#72C8EA

#72C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.096 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8EA
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -16.85, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 30.02, 235.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0671 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.096 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4394, 50.8229, 85.3993)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8EA #EA9472

analogous

#72EAD0 #72C8EA #728CEA

triadic

#72C8EA #EA72C8 #C8EA72

tetradic

#72C8EA #D072EA #EA9472 #8CEA72

square

#72C8EA #D072EA #EA9472 #8CEA72

split-complementary

#72C8EA #EA728C #EAD072

monochromatic

#1D95C4 #3DB3E2 #72C8EA #A7DDF2 #DDF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#72C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8EA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8EA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.096 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f0',
    500: '#72c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ea;
$custom-light: #a2d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79121,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8EA

secondary

#C2643E

accent

#480FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8EA

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

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