#72CCDE#72CCDE

#72CCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.090 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCDE
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(190, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -22.19, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 28.12, 217.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0761 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.09 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7121, 52.0336, 76.9385)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCDE #DE8472

analogous

#72DEBA #72CCDE #7296DE

triadic

#72CCDE #DE72CC #CCDE72

tetradic

#72CCDE #BA72DE #DE8472 #96DE72

square

#72CCDE #BA72DE #DE8472 #96DE72

split-complementary

#72CCDE #DE7296 #DEBA72

monochromatic

#2997AD #40BAD2 #72CCDE #A4DEEA #D5F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#72CCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCDE

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCDE	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.090 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe8',
    500: '#72ccde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccde;
$custom-light: #a1dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7957,
    "c": 0.08981,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCDE

secondary

#AF5745

accent

#391CCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCDE

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

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