#72CDED#72CDED

#72CDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.098 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDED
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -18.59, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 30.47, 232.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0715 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.098 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0510, 53.3507, 88.0807)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDED #ED9272

analogous

#72EDD0 #72CDED #7290ED

triadic

#72CDED #ED72CD #CDED72

tetradic

#72CDED #D072ED #ED9272 #90ED72

square

#72CDED #D072ED #ED9272 #90ED72

split-complementary

#72CDED #ED7290 #EDD072

monochromatic

#1A9DCB #3CBAE6 #72CDED #A8E0F4 #DFF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#72CDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDED

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDED	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ED7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.098 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dcf3',
    500: '#72cded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cded;
$custom-light: #a2dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.61,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80359,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDED

secondary

#C6613E

accent

#410CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDED

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

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