#72CEF0#72CEF0

#72CEF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.100 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEF0
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 240)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -18.26, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 31.09, 234.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0715 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.1 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7329, 54.0074, 90.4883)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEF0 #F09472

analogous

#72F0D3 #72CEF0 #728FF0

triadic

#72CEF0 #F072CE #CEF072

tetradic

#72CEF0 #D372F0 #F09472 #8FF072

square

#72CEF0 #D372F0 #F09472 #8FF072

split-complementary

#72CEF0 #F0728F #F0D372

monochromatic

#169FD1 #3BBBEA #72CEF0 #A9E1F6 #E1F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#72CEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEF0

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEF0	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.100 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf5',
    500: '#72cef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cef0;
$custom-light: #a3ddf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.807,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEF0

secondary

#C9633D

accent

#4208DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEF0

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

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