#72C8DF#72C8DF

#72C8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.089 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8DF
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -19.90, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 27.85, 224.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0712 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.089 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9079, 50.2103, 77.3336)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8DF #DF8972

analogous

#72DFC0 #72C8DF #7291DF

triadic

#72C8DF #DF72C8 #C8DF72

tetradic

#72C8DF #C072DF #DF8972 #91DF72

square

#72C8DF #C072DF #DF8972 #91DF72

split-complementary

#72C8DF #DF7291 #DFC072

monochromatic

#2892AF #40B5D4 #72C8DF #A4DBEA #D6EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#72C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8DF

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8DF	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.089 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d8e9',
    500: '#72c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8df;
$custom-light: #a1d8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.661,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78699,
    "c": 0.08925,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8DF

secondary

#B15B45

accent

#401BCB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8DF

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

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