#72C2DA#72C2DA

#72C2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.086 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2DA
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 11%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -18.19, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 26.74, 227.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0662 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.086 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8814, 47.2198, 73.3815)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2DA #DA8A72

analogous

#72DABE #72C2DA #728EDA

triadic

#72C2DA #DA72C2 #C2DA72

tetradic

#72C2DA #BE72DA #DA8A72 #8EDA72

square

#72C2DA #BE72DA #DA8A72 #8EDA72

split-complementary

#72C2DA #DA728E #DABE72

monochromatic

#2C8AA6 #42ADCD #72C2DA #A2D7E7 #D3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72C2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#72C2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2DA

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2DA	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CCAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.086 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d4e5',
    500: '#72c2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2da;
$custom-light: #a1d4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77153,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2DA

secondary

#E6CAC2

accent

#461FC6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2DA

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

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