#72C2DD#72C2DD

#72C2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.087 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2DD
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -17.36, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 27.31, 230.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0651 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.087 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2775, 47.3783, 75.4677)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2DD #DD8D72

analogous

#72DDC2 #72C2DD #728CDD

triadic

#72C2DD #DD72C2 #C2DD72

tetradic

#72C2DD #C272DD #DD8D72 #8CDD72

square

#72C2DD #C272DD #DD8D72 #8CDD72

split-complementary

#72C2DD #DD728C #DDC272

monochromatic

#298AAB #41ADD1 #72C2DD #A3D7E9 #D5EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#72C2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#72C2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2DD

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2DD	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.087 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d4e7',
    500: '#72c2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2dd;
$custom-light: #a1d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.14,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77267,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2DD

secondary

#E7CDC4

accent

#481DC9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2DD

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

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