#72D0EE#72D0EE

#72D0EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.099 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0EE
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -19.84, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 30.63, 229.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0745 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.099 221)
XYZ	xyz(44.9220, 54.8583, 89.0937)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0EE #EE9072

analogous

#72EECE #72D0EE #7292EE

triadic

#72D0EE #EE72D0 #D0EE72

tetradic

#72D0EE #CE72EE #EE9072 #92EE72

square

#72D0EE #CE72EE #EE9072 #92EE72

split-complementary

#72D0EE #EE7292 #EECE72

monochromatic

#19A1CD #3BBEE7 #72D0EE #A9E2F5 #DFF4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#72D0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#72D0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0EE

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0EE	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.099 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3def3',
    500: '#72d0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0ee;
$custom-light: #a3def3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.516,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81071,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.54862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0EE

secondary

#C75F3D

accent

#3D0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0EE

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

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