#72CCDF#72CCDF

#72CCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.090 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCDF
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(190, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -21.92, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 28.22, 219.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0757 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.09 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8465, 52.0873, 77.6464)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCDF #DF8572

analogous

#72DFBB #72CCDF #7295DF

triadic

#72CCDF #DF72CC #CCDF72

tetradic

#72CCDF #BB72DF #DF8572 #95DF72

square

#72CCDF #BB72DF #DF8572 #95DF72

split-complementary

#72CCDF #DF7295 #DFBB72

monochromatic

#2897AF #40BAD4 #72CCDF #A4DEEA #D6F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#72CCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCDF

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCDF	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.090 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe9',
    500: '#72ccdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccdf;
$custom-light: #a1dbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.459,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79607,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCDF

secondary

#B15745

accent

#391BCB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCDF

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

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