#72CFE9#72CFE9

#72CFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.096 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFE9
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 233)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -20.71, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 29.75, 225.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0752 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.096 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9546, 54.0825, 85.1976)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFE9 #E98C72

analogous

#72E9C7 #72CFE9 #7293E9

triadic

#72CFE9 #E972CF #CFE972

tetradic

#72CFE9 #C772E9 #E98C72 #93E972

square

#72CFE9 #C772E9 #E98C72 #93E972

split-complementary

#72CFE9 #E97293 #E9C772

monochromatic

#1E9EC2 #3DBDE1 #72CFE9 #A7E1F1 #DCF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#72CFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFE9

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFE9	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.096 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ddf0',
    500: '#72cfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfe9;
$custom-light: #a2ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.109,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80656,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFE9

secondary

#C15B3E

accent

#3B10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFE9

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

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