#72CBE5#72CBE5

#72CBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.093 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBE5
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -19.78, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 28.94, 226.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0723 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.093 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4328, 51.9428, 81.9034)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBE5 #E58C72

analogous

#72E5C5 #72CBE5 #7292E5

triadic

#72CBE5 #E572CB #CBE572

tetradic

#72CBE5 #C572E5 #E58C72 #92E572

square

#72CBE5 #C572E5 #E58C72 #92E572

split-complementary

#72CBE5 #E57292 #E5C572

monochromatic

#2298BA #3EB8DB #72CBE5 #A6DEEF #D9F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#72CBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBE5

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBE5	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)

#BAC6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CD4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.093 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbed',
    500: '#72cbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbe5;
$custom-light: #a2dbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.565,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79603,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBE5

secondary

#BA5C41

accent

#3F15D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBE5

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

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