#72CDEB#72CDEB

#72CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.097 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDEB
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -19.14, -23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 30.06, 230.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0723 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.097 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7604, 53.2344, 86.5504)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDEB #EB9072

analogous

#72EBCC #72CDEB #7290EB

triadic

#72CDEB #EB72CD #CDEB72

tetradic

#72CDEB #CC72EB #EB9072 #90EB72

square

#72CDEB #CC72EB #EB9072 #90EB72

split-complementary

#72CDEB #EB7290 #EBCC72

monochromatic

#1C9CC6 #3CBAE3 #72CDEB #A8E0F3 #DDF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#72CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDEB

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDEB	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.097 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dcf1',
    500: '#72cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdeb;
$custom-light: #a2dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.876,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80282,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDEB

secondary

#C35F3E

accent

#400ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDEB

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

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