#72CEFF#72CEFF

#72CEFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.112 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEFF
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(201, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -13.96, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 35.23, 246.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0662 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.112 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0540, 54.9358, 102.7123)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEFF #FFA372

analogous

#72FFE9 #72CEFF #7288FF

triadic

#72CEFF #FF72CE #CEFF72

tetradic

#72CEFF #E972FF #FFA372 #88FF72

square

#72CEFF #E972FF #FFA372 #88FF72

split-complementary

#72CEFF #FF7288 #FFE972

monochromatic

#00A1F7 #35B9FF #72CEFF #AFE3FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#72CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#72CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEFF

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEFF	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.112 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddff',
    500: '#72ceff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceff;
$custom-light: #a4ddff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.851,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81307,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEFF

secondary

#DC7239

accent

#5000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEFF

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

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