#72CEF9#72CEF9

#72CEF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.107 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEF9
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 249)
HSL	hsl(199, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -15.70, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 33.40, 241.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0683 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.107 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1032, 54.5555, 97.7049)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEF9 #F99D72

analogous

#72F9E0 #72CEF9 #728AF9

triadic

#72CEF9 #F972CE #CEF972

tetradic

#72CEF9 #E072F9 #F99D72 #8AF972

square

#72CEF9 #E072F9 #F99D72 #8AF972

split-complementary

#72CEF9 #F9728A #F9E072

monochromatic

#0AA0E7 #37BAF7 #72CEF9 #ADE2FB #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#72CEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#72CEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEF9

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEF9	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CBFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BDF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.107 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddfb',
    500: '#72cef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cef9;
$custom-light: #a4ddfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.111,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81059,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEF9

secondary

#D46C3B

accent

#4900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEF9

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

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