#72C0DA#72C0DA

#72C0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.085 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0DA
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -17.15, -20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 26.71, 230.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0639 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.085 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4393, 46.3356, 73.2341)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0DA #DA8C72

analogous

#72DAC0 #72C0DA #728CDA

triadic

#72C0DA #DA72C0 #C0DA72

tetradic

#72C0DA #C072DA #DA8C72 #8CDA72

square

#72C0DA #C072DA #DA8C72 #8CDA72

split-complementary

#72C0DA #DA728C #DAC072

monochromatic

#2C87A6 #42AACD #72C0DA #A2D6E7 #D3EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72C0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#72C0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0DA

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0DA	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.085 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d3e5',
    500: '#72c0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0da;
$custom-light: #a0d3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.767,
    "c": 0.08537,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0DA

secondary

#E6CBC2

accent

#491FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0DA

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

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