#72C8DC#72C8DC

#72C8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.088 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8DC
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -20.71, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 27.45, 221.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0723 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.088 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5071, 50.0499, 75.2223)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8DC #DC8672

analogous

#72DCBB #72C8DC #7293DC

triadic

#72C8DC #DC72C8 #C8DC72

tetradic

#72C8DC #BB72DC #DC8672 #93DC72

square

#72C8DC #BB72DC #DC8672 #93DC72

split-complementary

#72C8DC #DC7293 #DCBB72

monochromatic

#2A91AA #41B5D0 #72C8DC #A3DBE8 #D4EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#72C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8DC

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8DC	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.088 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d8e6',
    500: '#72c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8dc;
$custom-light: #a1d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78588,
    "c": 0.08778,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8DC

secondary

#AC5946

accent

#3E1EC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8DC

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

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