#72C2DB#72C2DB

#72C2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.086 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2DB
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -17.91, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 26.92, 228.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0659 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.086 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0126, 47.2723, 74.0727)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2DB #DB8B72

analogous

#72DBC0 #72C2DB #728DDB

triadic

#72C2DB #DB72C2 #C2DB72

tetradic

#72C2DB #C072DB #DB8B72 #8DDB72

square

#72C2DB #C072DB #DB8B72 #8DDB72

split-complementary

#72C2DB #DB728D #DBC072

monochromatic

#2B8AA8 #41ADCF #72C2DB #A3D7E7 #D4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72C2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#72C2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2DB

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2DB	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BCACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.086 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d4e6',
    500: '#72c2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2db;
$custom-light: #a1d4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77191,
    "c": 0.08616,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2DB

secondary

#E6CBC3

accent

#471FC7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2DB

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

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