#72CBEE#72CBEE

#72CBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.099 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBEE
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -17.28, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 30.79, 235.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0689 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.099 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7222, 52.4586, 88.6938)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBEE #EE9572

analogous

#72EED3 #72CBEE #728DEE

triadic

#72CBEE #EE72CB #CBEE72

tetradic

#72CBEE #D372EE #EE9572 #8DEE72

square

#72CBEE #D372EE #EE9572 #8DEE72

split-complementary

#72CBEE #EE728D #EED372

monochromatic

#199ACD #3BB7E7 #72CBEE #A9DFF5 #DFF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#72CBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBEE

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBEE	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DD5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.099 225.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.935,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7995,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBEE

secondary

#C7643D

accent

#450BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBEE

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

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