#72CEE5#72CEE5

#72CEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.093 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEE5
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(192, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -21.30, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 29.11, 222.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0756 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.093 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1482, 53.3735, 82.1419)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEE5 #E58972

analogous

#72E5C3 #72CEE5 #7295E5

triadic

#72CEE5 #E572CE #CEE572

tetradic

#72CEE5 #C372E5 #E58972 #95E572

square

#72CEE5 #C372E5 #E58972 #95E572

split-complementary

#72CEE5 #E57295 #E5C372

monochromatic

#229CBA #3EBCDB #72CEE5 #A6E0EF #D9F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#72CEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEE5

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEE5	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)

#BEC9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BD7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.093 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dded',
    500: '#72cee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cee5;
$custom-light: #a2dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80281,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEE5

secondary

#BA5941

accent

#3A15D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEE5

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

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