#72D2EF#72D2EF

#72D2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.099 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2EF
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -20.57, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 30.83, 228.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0763 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.099 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5600, 55.8986, 90.0332)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2EF #EF8F72

analogous

#72EFCE #72D2EF #7294EF

triadic

#72D2EF #EF72D2 #D2EF72

tetradic

#72D2EF #CE72EF #EF8F72 #94EF72

square

#72D2EF #CE72EF #EF8F72 #94EF72

split-complementary

#72D2EF #EF7294 #EFCE72

monochromatic

#18A5CF #3BC0E9 #72D2EF #A9E4F5 #E0F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#72D2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2EF

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2EF	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.099 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f4',
    500: '#72d2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2ef;
$custom-light: #a3e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.92,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81559,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2EF

secondary

#C85D3D

accent

#3A0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2EF

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

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