#72CAEC#72CAEC

#72CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.097 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAEC
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -17.32, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 30.37, 235.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0686 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.097 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1946, 51.8709, 87.0764)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAEC #EC9472

analogous

#72ECD1 #72CAEC #728DEC

triadic

#72CAEC #EC72CA #CAEC72

tetradic

#72CAEC #D172EC #EC9472 #8DEC72

square

#72CAEC #D172EC #EC9472 #8DEC72

split-complementary

#72CAEC #EC728D #ECD172

monochromatic

#1B98C9 #3CB6E5 #72CAEC #A8DEF3 #DEF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#72CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAEC

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAEC	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.097 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2daf2',
    500: '#72caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caec;
$custom-light: #a2daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79648,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAEC

secondary

#C4633E

accent

#460DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAEC

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

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