#72D3EC#72D3EC

#72D3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.098 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3EC
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(192, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -21.91, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 30.41, 223.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0785 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.098 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3682, 56.2181, 87.8010)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3EC #EC8B72

analogous

#72ECC8 #72D3EC #7296EC

triadic

#72D3EC #EC72D3 #D3EC72

tetradic

#72D3EC #C872EC #EC8B72 #96EC72

square

#72D3EC #C872EC #EC8B72 #96EC72

split-complementary

#72D3EC #EC7296 #ECC872

monochromatic

#1BA5C9 #3CC2E5 #72D3EC #A8E4F3 #DEF5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#72D3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3EC

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3EC	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CDCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.098 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f2',
    500: '#72d3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3ec;
$custom-light: #a3e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.295,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81671,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3EC

secondary

#C4593E

accent

#370DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3EC

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

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