#72CDE2#72CDE2

#72CDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.092 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDE2
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -21.62, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 28.65, 221.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0757 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.092 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4930, 52.7274, 79.8749)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDE2 #E28772

analogous

#72E2BF #72CDE2 #7295E2

triadic

#72CDE2 #E272CD #CDE272

tetradic

#72CDE2 #BF72E2 #E28772 #95E272

square

#72CDE2 #BF72E2 #E28772 #95E272

split-complementary

#72CDE2 #E27295 #E2BF72

monochromatic

#259AB4 #3FBBD8 #72CDE2 #A5DFEC #D8F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#72CDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDE2

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDE2	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FD5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.092 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dceb',
    500: '#72cde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cde2;
$custom-light: #a2dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79943,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDE2

secondary

#B55843

accent

#3A18CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDE2

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

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