#72C1DB#72C1DB

#72C1DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.086 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C1DB
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -17.40, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 26.91, 229.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0647 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.086 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7908, 46.8287, 73.9988)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C1DB #DB8C72

analogous

#72DBC0 #72C1DB #728CDB

triadic

#72C1DB #DB72C1 #C1DB72

tetradic

#72C1DB #C072DB #DB8C72 #8CDB72

square

#72C1DB #C072DB #DB8C72 #8CDB72

split-complementary

#72C1DB #DB728C #DBC072

monochromatic

#2B89A8 #41ACCF #72C1DB #A3D6E7 #D4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72C1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#72C1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1DB

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C1DB	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BCAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.086 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d3e6',
    500: '#72c1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c1db;
$custom-light: #a1d3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76965,
    "c": 0.08607,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C1DB

secondary

#E6CBC3

accent

#481FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1DB

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

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