#72D1EF#72D1EF

#72D1EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.099 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D1EF
RGB	rgb(114, 209, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -20.07, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 30.82, 229.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0752 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.099 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3139, 55.4064, 89.9512)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D1EF #EF9072

analogous

#72EFCF #72D1EF #7293EF

triadic

#72D1EF #EF72D1 #D1EF72

tetradic

#72D1EF #CF72EF #EF9072 #93EF72

square

#72D1EF #CF72EF #EF9072 #93EF72

split-complementary

#72D1EF #EF7293 #EFCF72

monochromatic

#18A3CF #3BBFE9 #72D1EF #A9E3F5 #E0F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#72D1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#72D1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D1EF

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D1EF	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 209, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.099 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dff4',
    500: '#72d1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d1ef;
$custom-light: #a3dff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81334,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D1EF

secondary

#C85F3D

accent

#3C0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D1EF

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

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