#72CDEE#72CDEE

#72CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.099 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDEE
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -18.31, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 30.68, 233.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0712 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.099 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1975, 53.4093, 88.8522)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDEE #EE9372

analogous

#72EED1 #72CDEE #728FEE

triadic

#72CDEE #EE72CD #CDEE72

tetradic

#72CDEE #D172EE #EE9372 #8FEE72

square

#72CDEE #D172EE #EE9372 #8FEE72

split-complementary

#72CDEE #EE728F #EED172

monochromatic

#199DCD #3BBAE7 #72CDEE #A9E0F5 #DFF4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#72CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDEE

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDEE	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CD7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.099 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcf3',
    500: '#72cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdee;
$custom-light: #a3dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.968,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80398,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDEE

secondary

#C7623D

accent

#420BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDEE

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

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