#72CFEA#72CFEA

#72CFEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.096 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFEA
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -20.44, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 29.91, 226.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0749 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.096 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0979, 54.1398, 85.9521)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFEA #EA8D72

analogous

#72EAC9 #72CFEA #7293EA

triadic

#72CFEA #EA72CF #CFEA72

tetradic

#72CFEA #C972EA #EA8D72 #93EA72

square

#72CFEA #C972EA #EA8D72 #93EA72

split-complementary

#72CFEA #EA7293 #EAC972

monochromatic

#1D9FC4 #3DBDE2 #72CFEA #A7E1F2 #DDF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CFEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#72CFEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFEA

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFEA	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.096 218.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80694,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFEA

secondary

#C25C3E

accent

#3C0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFEA

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

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