#72CBED#72CBED

#72CBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.098 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBED
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -17.56, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 30.55, 234.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0693 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.098 225)
XYZ	xyz(43.5757, 52.4000, 87.9222)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBED #ED9472

analogous

#72EDD1 #72CBED #728EED

triadic

#72CBED #ED72CB #CBED72

tetradic

#72CBED #D172ED #ED9472 #8EED72

square

#72CBED #D172ED #ED9472 #8EED72

split-complementary

#72CBED #ED728E #EDD172

monochromatic

#1A9ACB #3CB7E6 #72CBED #A8DFF4 #DFF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#72CBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBED

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBED	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FD5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.098 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbf3',
    500: '#72cbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbed;
$custom-light: #a2dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79911,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.52404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBED

secondary

#C6633E

accent

#450CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBED

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

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