#72C8EF#72C8EF

#72C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.100 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8EF
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -15.44, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 31.32, 240.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0653 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.1 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1679, 51.1143, 89.2358)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8EF #EF9972

analogous

#72EFD8 #72C8EF #728AEF

triadic

#72C8EF #EF72C8 #C8EF72

tetradic

#72C8EF #D872EF #EF9972 #8AEF72

square

#72C8EF #D872EF #EF9972 #8AEF72

split-complementary

#72C8EF #EF728A #EFD872

monochromatic

#1896CF #3BB3E9 #72C8EF #A9DDF5 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#72C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8EF

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8EF	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DD3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.100 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8f4',
    500: '#72c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ef;
$custom-light: #a2d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.72,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7932,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8EF

secondary

#C8693D

accent

#4B0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8EF

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

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