#72C8DD#72C8DD

#72C8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.088 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8DD
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -20.44, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 27.57, 222.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.072 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.088 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6399, 50.1031, 75.9219)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8DD #DD8772

analogous

#72DDBD #72C8DD #7292DD

triadic

#72C8DD #DD72C8 #C8DD72

tetradic

#72C8DD #BD72DD #DD8772 #92DD72

square

#72C8DD #BD72DD #DD8772 #92DD72

split-complementary

#72C8DD #DD7292 #DDBD72

monochromatic

#2992AB #41B5D1 #72C8DD #A3DBE9 #D5EEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#72C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8DD

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8DD	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.088 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d8e7',
    500: '#72c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8dd;
$custom-light: #a1d8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.776,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78625,
    "c": 0.08825,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8DD

secondary

#AE5A46

accent

#3E1DC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8DD

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

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