#72CEEE#72CEEE

#72CEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.099 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEEE
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -18.82, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 30.65, 232.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0723 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.099 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4375, 53.8892, 88.9322)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEEE #EE9272

analogous

#72EED0 #72CEEE #7290EE

triadic

#72CEEE #EE72CE #CEEE72

tetradic

#72CEEE #D072EE #EE9272 #90EE72

square

#72CEEE #D072EE #EE9272 #90EE72

split-complementary

#72CEEE #EE7290 #EED072

monochromatic

#199ECD #3BBBE7 #72CEEE #A9E1F5 #DFF4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#72CEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEEE

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEEE	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BD8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.099 222.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80622,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEEE

secondary

#C7613D

accent

#400BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEEE

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

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