#72C8EB#72C8EB

#72C8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.097 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8EB
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -16.57, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 30.26, 236.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0667 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.097 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5835, 50.8805, 86.1580)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8EB #EB9572

analogous

#72EBD1 #72C8EB #728BEB

triadic

#72C8EB #EB72C8 #C8EB72

tetradic

#72C8EB #D172EB #EB9572 #8BEB72

square

#72C8EB #D172EB #EB9572 #8BEB72

split-complementary

#72C8EB #EB728B #EBD172

monochromatic

#1C95C6 #3CB3E3 #72C8EB #A8DDF3 #DDF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#72C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8EB

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8EB	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.097 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f1',
    500: '#72c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8eb;
$custom-light: #a2d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.355,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7916,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8EB

secondary

#C3653E

accent

#480ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8EB

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

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