#72D2EC#72D2EC

#72D2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.098 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2EC
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 11%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -21.40, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 30.35, 225.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0774 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.098 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1205, 55.7228, 87.7184)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2EC #EC8C72

analogous

#72ECC9 #72D2EC #7295EC

triadic

#72D2EC #EC72D2 #D2EC72

tetradic

#72D2EC #C972EC #EC8C72 #95EC72

square

#72D2EC #C972EC #EC8C72 #95EC72

split-complementary

#72D2EC #EC7295 #ECC972

monochromatic

#1BA4C9 #3CC1E5 #72D2EC #A8E3F3 #DEF4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#72D2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2EC

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2EC	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CDBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.098 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f2',
    500: '#72d2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2ec;
$custom-light: #a3e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.787,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81445,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2EC

secondary

#C45B3E

accent

#380DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2EC

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

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