#72C2DC#72C2DC

#72C2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.087 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2DC
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -17.64, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 27.11, 229.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0655 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.087 221)
XYZ	xyz(39.1447, 47.3251, 74.7681)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2DC #DC8C72

analogous

#72DCC1 #72C2DC #728DDC

triadic

#72C2DC #DC72C2 #C2DC72

tetradic

#72C2DC #C172DC #DC8C72 #8DDC72

square

#72C2DC #C172DC #DC8C72 #8DDC72

split-complementary

#72C2DC #DC728D #DCC172

monochromatic

#2A8AAA #41ADD0 #72C2DC #A3D7E8 #D4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72C2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#72C2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2DC

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2DC	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ACBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.087 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d4e7',
    500: '#72c2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2dc;
$custom-light: #a1d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77229,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.47328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2DC

secondary

#E7CCC3

accent

#471EC8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2DC

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

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