#72D0EB#72D0EB

#72D0EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.097 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0EB
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -20.67, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 30.11, 226.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0756 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.097 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4850, 54.6835, 86.7919)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0EB #EB8D72

analogous

#72EBC9 #72D0EB #7293EB

triadic

#72D0EB #EB72D0 #D0EB72

tetradic

#72D0EB #C972EB #EB8D72 #93EB72

square

#72D0EB #C972EB #EB8D72 #93EB72

split-complementary

#72D0EB #EB7293 #EBC972

monochromatic

#1CA0C6 #3CBEE3 #72D0EB #A8E2F3 #DDF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#72D0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#72D0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0EB

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0EB	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.097 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2def1',
    500: '#72d0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0eb;
$custom-light: #a2def1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.388,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80957,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0EB

secondary

#C35C3E

accent

#3B0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0EB

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

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