#72D2ED#72D2ED

#72D2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.098 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2ED
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -21.13, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 30.50, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.077 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.098 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2662, 55.7810, 88.4857)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2ED #ED8D72

analogous

#72EDCB #72D2ED #7295ED

triadic

#72D2ED #ED72D2 #D2ED72

tetradic

#72D2ED #CB72ED #ED8D72 #95ED72

square

#72D2ED #CB72ED #ED8D72 #95ED72

split-complementary

#72D2ED #ED7295 #EDCB72

monochromatic

#1AA4CB #3CC1E6 #72D2ED #A8E3F4 #DFF5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#72D2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2ED

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2ED	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ADBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.098 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f2',
    500: '#72d2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2ed;
$custom-light: #a3e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81483,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2ED

secondary

#C65C3E

accent

#390CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2ED

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

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