#72CCE6#72CCE6

#72CCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.094 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCE6
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(193, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -20.02, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 29.14, 226.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.073 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.094 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8098, 52.4727, 82.7198)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCE6 #E68C72

analogous

#72E6C6 #72CCE6 #7292E6

triadic

#72CCE6 #E672CC #CCE672

tetradic

#72CCE6 #C672E6 #E68C72 #92E672

square

#72CCE6 #C672E6 #E68C72 #92E672

split-complementary

#72CCE6 #E67292 #E6C672

monochromatic

#219ABC #3EB9DD #72CCE6 #A6DFEF #DAF2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#72CCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCE6

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCE6	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)

#BBC7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AD5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.094 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbee',
    500: '#72cce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cce6;
$custom-light: #a2dbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.448,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79866,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCE6

secondary

#BC5C40

accent

#3E14D2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCE6

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

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