#72D3E8#72D3E8

#72D3E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.096 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3E8
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -23.00, -19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 29.93, 219.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.08 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.096 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7935, 55.9882, 84.7746)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3E8 #E88772

analogous

#72E8C2 #72D3E8 #7298E8

triadic

#72D3E8 #E872D3 #D3E872

tetradic

#72D3E8 #C272E8 #E88772 #98E872

square

#72D3E8 #C272E8 #E88772 #98E872

split-complementary

#72D3E8 #E87298 #E8C272

monochromatic

#1FA4C0 #3DC3DF #72D3E8 #A7E3F1 #DBF4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#72D3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3E8

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3E8	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.096 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e0ef',
    500: '#72d3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3e8;
$custom-light: #a2e0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81523,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3E8

secondary

#BF563F

accent

#3411D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3E8

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

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