#72CFEF#72CFEF

#72CFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.099 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFEF
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -19.05, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 30.84, 231.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.073 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.099 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8263, 54.4311, 89.7886)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFEF #EF9272

analogous

#72EFD1 #72CFEF #7291EF

triadic

#72CFEF #EF72CF #CFEF72

tetradic

#72CFEF #D172EF #EF9272 #91EF72

square

#72CFEF #D172EF #EF9272 #91EF72

split-complementary

#72CFEF #EF7291 #EFD172

monochromatic

#18A0CF #3BBCE9 #72CFEF #A9E2F5 #E0F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#72CFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFEF

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFEF	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.099 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf4',
    500: '#72cfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfef;
$custom-light: #a3ddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.36,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80885,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFEF

secondary

#C8613D

accent

#3F0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFEF

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

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