#72CAED#72CAED

#72CAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.098 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAED
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -17.04, -25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 30.61, 236.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0682 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.098 226)
XYZ	xyz(43.3403, 51.9292, 87.8437)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAED #ED9572

analogous

#72EDD3 #72CAED #728DED

triadic

#72CAED #ED72CA #CAED72

tetradic

#72CAED #D372ED #ED9572 #8DED72

square

#72CAED #D372ED #ED9572 #8DED72

split-complementary

#72CAED #ED728D #EDD372

monochromatic

#1A98CB #3CB6E6 #72CAED #A8DEF4 #DFF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#72CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAED

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAED	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.098 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2daf3',
    500: '#72caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caed;
$custom-light: #a2daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.073,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79687,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.51933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAED

secondary

#C6643E

accent

#460CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAED

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

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