#72CEF3#72CEF3

#72CEF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.102 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEF3
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 243)
HSL	hsl(197, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -17.41, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 31.80, 236.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0704 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.102 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1823, 54.1871, 92.8548)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEF3 #F39772

analogous

#72F3D7 #72CEF3 #728EF3

triadic

#72CEF3 #F372CE #CEF372

tetradic

#72CEF3 #D772F3 #F39772 #8EF372

square

#72CEF3 #D772F3 #F39772 #8EF372

split-complementary

#72CEF3 #F3728E #F3D772

monochromatic

#129FD8 #3ABAEE #72CEF3 #AAE2F8 #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#72CEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEF3

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEF3	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACAF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BCF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CD9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.102 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf7',
    500: '#72cef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cef3;
$custom-light: #a3ddf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80818,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEF3

secondary

#CD663C

accent

#4405E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEF3

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

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