#72CEEC#72CEEC

#72CEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.097 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEEC
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -19.37, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 30.25, 230.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.073 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.097 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1453, 53.7723, 87.3934)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEEC #EC9072

analogous

#72ECCD #72CEEC #7291EC

triadic

#72CEEC #EC72CE #CEEC72

tetradic

#72CEEC #CD72EC #EC9072 #91EC72

square

#72CEEC #CD72EC #EC9072 #91EC72

split-complementary

#72CEEC #EC7291 #ECCD72

monochromatic

#1B9EC9 #3CBBE5 #72CEEC #A8E1F3 #DEF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#72CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEEC

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEEC	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FD8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.097 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ddf2',
    500: '#72ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceec;
$custom-light: #a2ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.754,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80545,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEEC

secondary

#C45F3E

accent

#3F0DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEEC

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

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