#72D2EA#72D2EA

#72D2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.097 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2EA
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 234)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -21.95, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 30.07, 223.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0782 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.097 216)
XYZ	xyz(44.8316, 55.6072, 86.1967)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2EA #EA8A72

analogous

#72EAC6 #72D2EA #7296EA

triadic

#72D2EA #EA72D2 #D2EA72

tetradic

#72D2EA #C672EA #EA8A72 #96EA72

square

#72D2EA #C672EA #EA8A72 #96EA72

split-complementary

#72D2EA #EA7296 #EAC672

monochromatic

#1DA3C4 #3DC1E2 #72D2EA #A7E3F2 #DDF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#72D2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2EA

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2EA	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.097 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f0',
    500: '#72d2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2ea;
$custom-light: #a3e0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81371,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.55611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2EA

secondary

#C2593E

accent

#370FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2EA

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

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