#72CEEB#72CEEB

#72CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.097 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEEB
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -19.65, -22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 30.06, 229.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0734 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.097 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0004, 53.7144, 86.6303)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEEB #EB8F72

analogous

#72EBCB #72CEEB #7291EB

triadic

#72CEEB #EB72CE #CEEB72

tetradic

#72CEEB #CB72EB #EB8F72 #91EB72

square

#72CEEB #CB72EB #EB8F72 #91EB72

split-complementary

#72CEEB #EB7291 #EBCB72

monochromatic

#1C9EC6 #3CBBE3 #72CEEB #A8E1F3 #DDF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#72CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEEB

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEEB	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.097 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ddf1',
    500: '#72ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceeb;
$custom-light: #a2ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.38,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80507,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEEB

secondary

#C35E3E

accent

#3E0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEEB

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

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