#72CEF2#72CEF2

#72CEF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.101 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEF2
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 242)
HSL	hsl(197, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -17.69, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 31.55, 235.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0708 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.101 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0317, 54.1269, 92.0616)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEF2 #F29672

analogous

#72F2D6 #72CEF2 #728EF2

triadic

#72CEF2 #F272CE #CEF272

tetradic

#72CEF2 #D672F2 #F29672 #8EF272

square

#72CEF2 #D672F2 #F29672 #8EF272

split-complementary

#72CEF2 #F2728E #F2D672

monochromatic

#149FD6 #3ABBED #72CEF2 #AAE1F7 #E2F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#72CEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEF2

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEF2	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACAF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BCF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.101 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf6',
    500: '#72cef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cef2;
$custom-light: #a3ddf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80779,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEF2

secondary

#CC653D

accent

#4306E0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEF2

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

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