#72C8DB#72C8DB

#72C8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.087 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8DB
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -20.98, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 27.33, 219.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0727 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.087 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3750, 49.9971, 74.5269)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8DB #DB8572

analogous

#72DBB9 #72C8DB #7293DB

triadic

#72C8DB #DB72C8 #C8DB72

tetradic

#72C8DB #B972DB #DB8572 #93DB72

square

#72C8DB #B972DB #DB8572 #93DB72

split-complementary

#72C8DB #DB7293 #DBB972

monochromatic

#2B91A8 #41B5CF #72C8DB #A3DBE7 #D4EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#72C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8DB

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8DB	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.087 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d8e6',
    500: '#72c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8db;
$custom-light: #a1d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78552,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8DB

secondary

#E6C9C3

accent

#3D1FC7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8DB

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

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