#72CFEB#72CFEB

#72CFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.097 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFEB
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -20.16, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 30.08, 227.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0745 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.097 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2419, 54.1974, 86.7108)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFEB #EB8E72

analogous

#72EBCA #72CFEB #7292EB

triadic

#72CFEB #EB72CF #CFEB72

tetradic

#72CFEB #CA72EB #EB8E72 #92EB72

square

#72CFEB #CA72EB #EB8E72 #92EB72

split-complementary

#72CFEB #EB7292 #EBCA72

monochromatic

#1C9FC6 #3CBDE3 #72CFEB #A8E1F3 #DDF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#72CFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFEB

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFEB	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.097 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ddf1',
    500: '#72cfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfeb;
$custom-light: #a2ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.884,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80732,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFEB

secondary

#C35D3E

accent

#3D0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFEB

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

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