#72CAEE#72CAEE

#72CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.099 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAEE
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -16.76, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 30.86, 237.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0678 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.099 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4868, 51.9878, 88.6153)
Luminance	0.5199 (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

#72CAEE #EE9672

analogous

#72EED4 #72CAEE #728CEE

triadic

#72CAEE #EE72CA #CAEE72

tetradic

#72CAEE #D472EE #EE9672 #8CEE72

square

#72CAEE #D472EE #EE9672 #8CEE72

split-complementary

#72CAEE #EE728C #EED472

monochromatic

#1999CD #3BB5E7 #72CAEE #A9DFF5 #DFF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#72CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAEE

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAEE	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ED5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.099 226.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79727,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAEE

secondary

#C7653D

accent

#470BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAEE

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

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