#72CCED#72CCED

#72CCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.098 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCED
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -18.07, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 30.50, 233.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0704 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.098 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8126, 52.8738, 88.0012)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCED #ED9372

analogous

#72EDD1 #72CCED #728FED

triadic

#72CCED #ED72CC #CCED72

tetradic

#72CCED #D172ED #ED9372 #8FED72

square

#72CCED #D172ED #ED9372 #8FED72

split-complementary

#72CCED #ED728F #EDD172

monochromatic

#1A9BCB #3CB8E6 #72CCED #A8E0F4 #DFF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#72CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCED

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCED	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FD6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.098 224.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80135,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCED

secondary

#C6623E

accent

#430CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCED

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

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