#72CAEB#72CAEB

#72CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.097 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAEB
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -17.61, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 30.14, 234.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0689 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.097 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0497, 51.8130, 86.3134)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAEB #EB9372

analogous

#72EBD0 #72CAEB #728DEB

triadic

#72CAEB #EB72CA #CAEB72

tetradic

#72CAEB #D072EB #EB9372 #8DEB72

square

#72CAEB #D072EB #EB9372 #8DEB72

split-complementary

#72CAEB #EB728D #EBD072

monochromatic

#1C98C6 #3CB6E3 #72CAEB #A8DEF3 #DDF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#72CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAEB

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAEB	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.097 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2daf1',
    500: '#72caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caeb;
$custom-light: #a2daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79608,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAEB

secondary

#C3623E

accent

#450ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAEB

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

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