#72CEE4#72CEE4

#72CEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.093 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEE4
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(192, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -21.58, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 28.98, 221.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.076 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.093 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0090, 53.3178, 81.4086)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEE4 #E48872

analogous

#72E4C1 #72CEE4 #7295E4

triadic

#72CEE4 #E472CE #CEE472

tetradic

#72CEE4 #C172E4 #E48872 #95E472

square

#72CEE4 #C172E4 #E48872 #95E472

split-complementary

#72CEE4 #E47295 #E4C172

monochromatic

#239CB8 #3FBCDA #72CEE4 #A5E0EE #D9F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#72CEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEE4

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEE4	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)

#BEC9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CD6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.093 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ddec',
    500: '#72cee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cee4;
$custom-light: #a2ddec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.579,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80244,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEE4

secondary

#B95942

accent

#3A16D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEE4

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

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