#72CEEF#72CEEF

#72CEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.099 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEEF
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -18.54, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 30.87, 233.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0719 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.099 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5848, 53.9481, 89.7081)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEEF #EF9372

analogous

#72EFD2 #72CEEF #7290EF

triadic

#72CEEF #EF72CE #CEEF72

tetradic

#72CEEF #D272EF #EF9372 #90EF72

square

#72CEEF #D272EF #EF9372 #90EF72

split-complementary

#72CEEF #EF7290 #EFD272

monochromatic

#189FCF #3BBBE9 #72CEEF #A9E1F5 #E0F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#72CEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEEF

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEEF	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.099 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf4',
    500: '#72ceef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceef;
$custom-light: #a3ddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.84,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80661,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEEF

secondary

#C8623D

accent

#410ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEEF

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

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