#72CBEF#72CBEF

#72CBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.100 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBEF
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -17.00, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 31.03, 236.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0686 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.1 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8695, 52.5175, 89.4697)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBEF #EF9672

analogous

#72EFD5 #72CBEF #728DEF

triadic

#72CBEF #EF72CB #CBEF72

tetradic

#72CBEF #D572EF #EF9672 #8DEF72

square

#72CBEF #D572EF #EF9672 #8DEF72

split-complementary

#72CBEF #EF728D #EFD572

monochromatic

#189ACF #3BB7E9 #72CBEF #A9DFF5 #E0F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#72CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBEF

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBEF	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BD6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.100 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbf4',
    500: '#72cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbef;
$custom-light: #a3dbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.28,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7999,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBEF

secondary

#C8653D

accent

#460ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBEF

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

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