#72CAEF#72CAEF

#72CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.100 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAEF
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -16.48, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 31.12, 238.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0675 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.1 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6341, 52.0467, 89.3912)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAEF #EF9772

analogous

#72EFD6 #72CAEF #728CEF

triadic

#72CAEF #EF72CA #CAEF72

tetradic

#72CAEF #D672EF #EF9772 #8CEF72

square

#72CAEF #D672EF #EF9772 #8CEF72

split-complementary

#72CAEF #EF728C #EFD672

monochromatic

#1899CF #3BB5E9 #72CAEF #A9DFF5 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#72CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAEF

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAEF	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CD5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.100 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf4',
    500: '#72caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caef;
$custom-light: #a3daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.76,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79766,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAEF

secondary

#C8663D

accent

#480ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAEF

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

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