#72CBEC#72CBEC

#72CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.097 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBEC
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -17.84, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 30.32, 233.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0697 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.097 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4300, 52.3417, 87.1549)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBEC #EC9372

analogous

#72ECD0 #72CBEC #728EEC

triadic

#72CBEC #EC72CB #CBEC72

tetradic

#72CBEC #D072EC #EC9372 #8EEC72

square

#72CBEC #D072EC #EC9372 #8EEC72

split-complementary

#72CBEC #EC728E #ECD072

monochromatic

#1B9AC9 #3CB7E5 #72CBEC #A8DFF3 #DEF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#72CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBEC

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBEC	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.097 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbf2',
    500: '#72cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbec;
$custom-light: #a2dbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79872,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBEC

secondary

#C4623E

accent

#440DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBEC

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

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