#72CEEA#72CEEA

#72CEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.096 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEEA
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -19.93, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 29.88, 228.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0737 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.096 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8564, 53.6568, 85.8716)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEEA #EA8E72

analogous

#72EACA #72CEEA #7292EA

triadic

#72CEEA #EA72CE #CEEA72

tetradic

#72CEEA #CA72EA #EA8E72 #92EA72

square

#72CEEA #CA72EA #EA8E72 #92EA72

split-complementary

#72CEEA #EA7292 #EACA72

monochromatic

#1D9DC4 #3DBBE2 #72CEEA #A7E1F2 #DDF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#72CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEEA

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEEA	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.096 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ddf0',
    500: '#72ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceea;
$custom-light: #a2ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80469,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEEA

secondary

#C25D3E

accent

#3E0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEEA

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

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