#72CEF4#72CEF4

#72CEF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.103 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEF4
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 244)
HSL	hsl(198, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -17.13, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 32.05, 237.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0701 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.103 227)
XYZ	xyz(45.3337, 54.2477, 93.6523)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEF4 #F49872

analogous

#72F4D9 #72CEF4 #728DF4

triadic

#72CEF4 #F472CE #CEF472

tetradic

#72CEF4 #D972F4 #F49872 #8DF472

square

#72CEF4 #D972F4 #F49872 #8DF472

split-complementary

#72CEF4 #F4728D #F4D972

monochromatic

#11A0DB #39BAF0 #72CEF4 #ABE2F8 #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#72CEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEF4

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEF4	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACBF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BCF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.103 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf7',
    500: '#72cef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cef4;
$custom-light: #a3ddf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80858,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.54252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEF4

secondary

#CE673C

accent

#4503E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEF4

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

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