#72CEED#72CEED

#72CEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.098 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEED
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -19.10, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 30.45, 231.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0726 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.098 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2910, 53.8306, 88.1606)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEED #ED9172

analogous

#72EDCF #72CEED #7291ED

triadic

#72CEED #ED72CE #CEED72

tetradic

#72CEED #CF72ED #ED9172 #91ED72

square

#72CEED #CF72ED #ED9172 #91ED72

split-complementary

#72CEED #ED7291 #EDCF72

monochromatic

#1A9ECB #3CBBE6 #72CEED #A8E1F4 #DFF4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#72CEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEED

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEED	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DD8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.098 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf3',
    500: '#72ceed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceed;
$custom-light: #a3ddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.122,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80584,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEED

secondary

#C6603E

accent

#400CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEED

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

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