#72CDEC#72CDEC

#72CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.097 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDEC
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -18.86, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 30.26, 231.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0719 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.097 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9053, 53.2924, 87.3134)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDEC #EC9172

analogous

#72ECCE #72CDEC #7290EC

triadic

#72CDEC #EC72CD #CDEC72

tetradic

#72CDEC #CE72EC #EC9172 #90EC72

square

#72CDEC #CE72EC #EC9172 #90EC72

split-complementary

#72CDEC #EC7290 #ECCE72

monochromatic

#1B9CC9 #3CBAE5 #72CDEC #A8E0F3 #DEF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#72CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDEC

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDEC	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.097 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dcf2',
    500: '#72cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdec;
$custom-light: #a2dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.246,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8032,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDEC

secondary

#C4603E

accent

#410DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDEC

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

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