#72D3EB#72D3EB

#72D3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.097 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3EB
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -22.18, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 30.27, 222.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0789 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.097 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2233, 56.1601, 87.0380)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3EB #EB8A72

analogous

#72EBC6 #72D3EB #7296EB

triadic

#72D3EB #EB72D3 #D3EB72

tetradic

#72D3EB #C672EB #EB8A72 #96EB72

square

#72D3EB #C672EB #EB8A72 #96EB72

split-complementary

#72D3EB #EB7296 #EBC672

monochromatic

#1CA5C6 #3CC2E3 #72D3EB #A8E4F3 #DDF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#72D3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3EB

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3EB	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EDCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.097 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f1',
    500: '#72d3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3eb;
$custom-light: #a3e0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.901,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81634,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3EB

secondary

#C3583E

accent

#360ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3EB

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

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