#72D2EB#72D2EB

#72D2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.097 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2EB
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -21.68, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 30.21, 224.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0778 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.097 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9756, 55.6648, 86.9554)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2EB #EB8B72

analogous

#72EBC7 #72D2EB #7295EB

triadic

#72D2EB #EB72D2 #D2EB72

tetradic

#72D2EB #C772EB #EB8B72 #95EB72

square

#72D2EB #C772EB #EB8B72 #95EB72

split-complementary

#72D2EB #EB7295 #EBC772

monochromatic

#1CA3C6 #3CC1E3 #72D2EB #A8E3F3 #DDF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#72D2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2EB

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2EB	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EDBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.097 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f1',
    500: '#72d2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2eb;
$custom-light: #a3e0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.397,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81408,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2EB

secondary

#C35A3E

accent

#380ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2EB

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

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