#72CFEC#72CFEC

#72CFEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.097 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFEC
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -19.88, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 30.25, 228.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0741 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.097 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3868, 54.2553, 87.4739)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFEC #EC8F72

analogous

#72ECCC #72CFEC #7292EC

triadic

#72CFEC #EC72CF #CFEC72

tetradic

#72CFEC #CC72EC #EC8F72 #92EC72

square

#72CFEC #CC72EC #EC8F72 #92EC72

split-complementary

#72CFEC #EC7292 #ECCC72

monochromatic

#1B9FC9 #3CBDE5 #72CFEC #A8E1F3 #DEF4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#72CFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFEC

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFEC	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FD9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.097 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf2',
    500: '#72cfec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfec;
$custom-light: #a3ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.262,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8077,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFEC

secondary

#C45E3E

accent

#3D0DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFEC

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

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