#72D3EA#72D3EA

#72D3EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.097 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3EA
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 234)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -22.45, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 30.15, 221.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0793 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.097 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0792, 56.1025, 86.2792)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3EA #EA8972

analogous

#72EAC5 #72D3EA #7297EA

triadic

#72D3EA #EA72D3 #D3EA72

tetradic

#72D3EA #C572EA #EA8972 #97EA72

square

#72D3EA #C572EA #EA8972 #97EA72

split-complementary

#72D3EA #EA7297 #EAC572

monochromatic

#1DA4C4 #3DC2E2 #72D3EA #A7E4F2 #DDF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#72D3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3EA

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3EA	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.097 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f0',
    500: '#72d3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3ea;
$custom-light: #a3e0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81597,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3EA

secondary

#C2583E

accent

#350FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3EA

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

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