#72D2EE#72D2EE

#72D2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.099 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2EE
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -20.85, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 30.66, 227.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0767 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.099 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4127, 55.8396, 89.2573)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2EE #EE8E72

analogous

#72EECC #72D2EE #7294EE

triadic

#72D2EE #EE72D2 #D2EE72

tetradic

#72D2EE #CC72EE #EE8E72 #94EE72

square

#72D2EE #CC72EE #EE8E72 #94EE72

split-complementary

#72D2EE #EE7294 #EECC72

monochromatic

#19A4CD #3BC1E7 #72D2EE #A9E3F5 #DFF5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#72D2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2EE

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2EE	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.099 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f3',
    500: '#72d2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2ee;
$custom-light: #a3e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81521,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2EE

secondary

#C75C3D

accent

#3A0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2EE

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

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