#72CEFB#72CEFB

#72CEFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.108 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEFB
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 251)
HSL	hsl(200, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -15.12, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 33.99, 243.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0676 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.108 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4168, 54.6809, 99.3565)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEFB #FB9F72

analogous

#72FBE4 #72CEFB #728AFB

triadic

#72CEFB #FB72CE #CEFB72

tetradic

#72CEFB #E472FB #FB9F72 #8AFB72

square

#72CEFB #E472FB #FB9F72 #8AFB72

split-complementary

#72CEFB #FB728A #FBE472

monochromatic

#07A1EC #36B9F9 #72CEFB #AEE3FD #E1F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#72CEFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#72CEFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEFB

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEFB	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CBFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BDFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cefb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.108 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddfc',
    500: '#72cefb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cefb;
$custom-light: #a4ddfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cefb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.708,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81141,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEFB

secondary

#D76E3A

accent

#4B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEFB

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

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