#72CFEE#72CFEE

#72CFEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.099 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFEE
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 13%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -19.33, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 30.64, 230.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0734 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.099 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6790, 54.3722, 89.0127)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFEE #EE9172

analogous

#72EECF #72CFEE #7291EE

triadic

#72CFEE #EE72CF #CFEE72

tetradic

#72CFEE #CF72EE #EE9172 #91EE72

square

#72CFEE #CF72EE #EE9172 #91EE72

split-complementary

#72CFEE #EE7291 #EECF72

monochromatic

#19A0CD #3BBCE7 #72CFEE #A9E2F5 #DFF4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#72CFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFEE

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFEE	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AD9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.099 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf3',
    500: '#72cfee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfee;
$custom-light: #a3ddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80847,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFEE

secondary

#C7603D

accent

#3F0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFEE

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

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