#72D1EA#72D1EA

#72D1EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.096 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D1EA
RGB	rgb(114, 209, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -21.45, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 30.00, 224.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0771 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.096 217)
XYZ	xyz(44.5855, 55.1150, 86.1146)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D1EA #EA8B72

analogous

#72EAC7 #72D1EA #7295EA

triadic

#72D1EA #EA72D1 #D1EA72

tetradic

#72D1EA #C772EA #EA8B72 #95EA72

square

#72D1EA #C772EA #EA8B72 #95EA72

split-complementary

#72D1EA #EA7295 #EAC772

monochromatic

#1DA2C4 #3DC0E2 #72D1EA #A7E2F2 #DDF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#72D1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#72D1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D1EA

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D1EA	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 209, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.096 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dff0',
    500: '#72d1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d1ea;
$custom-light: #a2dff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81145,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.55119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D1EA

secondary

#C25A3E

accent

#390FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D1EA

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

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