#72D0EA#72D0EA

#72D0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.096 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0EA
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -20.94, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 29.95, 225.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.076 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.096 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3409, 54.6258, 86.0331)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0EA #EA8C72

analogous

#72EAC8 #72D0EA #7294EA

triadic

#72D0EA #EA72D0 #D0EA72

tetradic

#72D0EA #C872EA #EA8C72 #94EA72

square

#72D0EA #C872EA #EA8C72 #94EA72

split-complementary

#72D0EA #EA7294 #EAC872

monochromatic

#1DA0C4 #3DBEE2 #72D0EA #A7E2F2 #DDF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#72D0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#72D0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0EA

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0EA	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.096 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2def0',
    500: '#72d0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0ea;
$custom-light: #a2def0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80919,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0EA

secondary

#C25B3E

accent

#3A0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0EA

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

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