#72CFED#72CFED

#72CFED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.098 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFED
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -19.61, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 30.44, 229.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0737 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.098 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5325, 54.3136, 88.2411)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFED #ED9072

analogous

#72EDCE #72CFED #7292ED

triadic

#72CFED #ED72CF #CFED72

tetradic

#72CFED #CE72ED #ED9072 #92ED72

square

#72CFED #CE72ED #ED9072 #92ED72

split-complementary

#72CFED #ED7292 #EDCE72

monochromatic

#1AA0CB #3CBDE6 #72CFED #A8E1F4 #DFF4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CFED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#72CFED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFED

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFED	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DD9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.098 221.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80808,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFED

secondary

#C65F3E

accent

#3E0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFED

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

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