#72C8DA#72C8DA

#72C8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.087 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8DA
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -21.25, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 27.23, 218.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0731 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.087 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2438, 49.9446, 73.8356)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8DA #DA8472

analogous

#72DAB8 #72C8DA #7294DA

triadic

#72C8DA #DA72C8 #C8DA72

tetradic

#72C8DA #B872DA #DA8472 #94DA72

square

#72C8DA #B872DA #DA8472 #94DA72

split-complementary

#72C8DA #DA7294 #DAB872

monochromatic

#2C91A6 #42B5CD #72C8DA #A2DBE7 #D3EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#72C8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8DA

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8DA	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.087 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d9e5',
    500: '#72c8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8da;
$custom-light: #a1d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78515,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8DA

secondary

#E6C8C2

accent

#3C1FC6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8DA

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

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