#72C8EC#72C8EC

#72C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.098 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8EC
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -16.29, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 30.52, 237.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0664 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.098 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7284, 50.9385, 86.9210)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8EC #EC9672

analogous

#72ECD3 #72C8EC #728BEC

triadic

#72C8EC #EC72C8 #C8EC72

tetradic

#72C8EC #D372EC #EC9672 #8BEC72

square

#72C8EC #D372EC #EC9672 #8BEC72

split-complementary

#72C8EC #EC728B #ECD372

monochromatic

#1B95C9 #3CB3E5 #72C8EC #A8DDF3 #DEF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#72C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8EC

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8EC	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.098 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f2',
    500: '#72c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ec;
$custom-light: #a2d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.792,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8EC

secondary

#C4663E

accent

#490DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8EC

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

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