#72CEF5#72CEF5

#72CEF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.104 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEF5
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 245)
HSL	hsl(198, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -16.84, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 32.31, 238.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0697 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.104 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4859, 54.3086, 94.4541)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEF5 #F59972

analogous

#72F5DB #72CEF5 #728CF5

triadic

#72CEF5 #F572CE #CEF572

tetradic

#72CEF5 #DB72F5 #F59972 #8CF572

square

#72CEF5 #DB72F5 #F59972 #8CF572

split-complementary

#72CEF5 #F5728C #F5DB72

monochromatic

#10A0DD #39BAF1 #72CEF5 #ABE2F9 #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#72CEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEF5

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEF5	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACBF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BCF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02D9DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.104 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf8',
    500: '#72cef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cef5;
$custom-light: #a3ddf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80898,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEF5

secondary

#CF683C

accent

#4502E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEF5

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

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