#72CCE8#72CCE8

#72CCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.095 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCE8
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -19.47, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 29.49, 228.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0723 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.095 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0922, 52.5857, 84.2075)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCE8 #E88E72

analogous

#72E8C9 #72CCE8 #7291E8

triadic

#72CCE8 #E872CC #CCE872

tetradic

#72CCE8 #C972E8 #E88E72 #91E872

square

#72CCE8 #C972E8 #E88E72 #91E872

split-complementary

#72CCE8 #E87291 #E8C972

monochromatic

#1F9AC0 #3DB9DF #72CCE8 #A7DFF1 #DBF2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#72CCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCE8

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCE8	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.095 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbef',
    500: '#72cce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cce8;
$custom-light: #a2dbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79942,
    "c": 0.09478,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCE8

secondary

#BF5D3F

accent

#4011D4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCE8

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

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