#72C8EE#72C8EE

#72C8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.099 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8EE
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -15.72, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 31.05, 239.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0656 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.099 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0205, 51.0553, 88.4599)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8EE #EE9872

analogous

#72EED6 #72C8EE #728AEE

triadic

#72C8EE #EE72C8 #C8EE72

tetradic

#72C8EE #D672EE #EE9872 #8AEE72

square

#72C8EE #D672EE #EE9872 #8AEE72

split-complementary

#72C8EE #EE728A #EED672

monochromatic

#1996CD #3BB3E7 #72C8EE #A9DDF5 #DFF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#72C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8EE

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8EE	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.099 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f3',
    500: '#72c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ee;
$custom-light: #a2d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7928,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8EE

secondary

#C7683D

accent

#4A0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8EE

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

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