#72D2E8#72D2E8

#72D2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.096 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2E8
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -22.50, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 29.83, 221.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0789 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.096 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5459, 55.4929, 84.6920)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2E8 #E88872

analogous

#72E8C3 #72D2E8 #7297E8

triadic

#72D2E8 #E872D2 #D2E872

tetradic

#72D2E8 #C372E8 #E88872 #97E872

square

#72D2E8 #C372E8 #E88872 #97E872

split-complementary

#72D2E8 #E87297 #E8C372

monochromatic

#1FA2C0 #3DC1DF #72D2E8 #A7E3F1 #DBF4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#72D2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#72D2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2E8

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2E8	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.096 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e0ef',
    500: '#72d2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2e8;
$custom-light: #a2e0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.186,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81297,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2E8

secondary

#BF573F

accent

#3611D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2E8

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

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