#72D3EF#72D3EF

#72D3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.099 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3EF
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -21.08, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 30.86, 226.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0774 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.099 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8077, 56.3939, 90.1157)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3EF #EF8E72

analogous

#72EFCD #72D3EF #7295EF

triadic

#72D3EF #EF72D3 #D3EF72

tetradic

#72D3EF #CD72EF #EF8E72 #95EF72

square

#72D3EF #CD72EF #EF8E72 #95EF72

split-complementary

#72D3EF #EF7295 #EFCD72

monochromatic

#18A6CF #3BC2E9 #72D3EF #A9E4F5 #E0F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#72D3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3EF

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3EF	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.099 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e0f4',
    500: '#72d3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3ef;
$custom-light: #a3e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.44,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81784,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3EF

secondary

#C85C3D

accent

#390ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3EF

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

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