#72C8ED#72C8ED

#72C8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.098 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8ED
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -16.01, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 30.78, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.066 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.098 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8740, 50.9967, 87.6883)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8ED #ED9772

analogous

#72EDD5 #72C8ED #728BED

triadic

#72C8ED #ED72C8 #C8ED72

tetradic

#72C8ED #D572ED #ED9772 #8BED72

square

#72C8ED #D572ED #ED9772 #8BED72

split-complementary

#72C8ED #ED728B #EDD572

monochromatic

#1A96CB #3CB3E6 #72C8ED #A8DDF4 #DFF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72C8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#72C8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8ED

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8ED	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.098 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f3',
    500: '#72c8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ed;
$custom-light: #a2d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.049,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8ED

secondary

#C6673E

accent

#4A0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8ED

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

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