#72D3EE#72D3EE

#72D3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.099 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3EE
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -21.35, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 30.70, 225.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0778 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.099 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6604, 56.3350, 89.3399)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3EE #EE8D72

analogous

#72EECB #72D3EE #7295EE

triadic

#72D3EE #EE72D3 #D3EE72

tetradic

#72D3EE #CB72EE #EE8D72 #95EE72

square

#72D3EE #CB72EE #EE8D72 #95EE72

split-complementary

#72D3EE #EE7295 #EECB72

monochromatic

#19A6CD #3BC2E7 #72D3EE #A9E4F5 #DFF5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#72D3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3EE

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3EE	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.099 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f3',
    500: '#72d3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3ee;
$custom-light: #a3e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.065,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81746,
    "c": 0.09887,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3EE

secondary

#C75B3D

accent

#380BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3EE

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

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