#72D4E8#72D4E8

#72D4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.096 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4E8
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -23.50, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 30.05, 218.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0811 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.096 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0427, 56.4866, 84.8576)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4E8 #E88672

analogous

#72E8C1 #72D4E8 #7299E8

triadic

#72D4E8 #E872D4 #D4E872

tetradic

#72D4E8 #C172E8 #E88672 #99E872

square

#72D4E8 #C172E8 #E88672 #99E872

split-complementary

#72D4E8 #E87299 #E8C172

monochromatic

#1FA5C0 #3DC4DF #72D4E8 #A7E4F1 #DBF4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#72D4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4E8

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4E8	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.096 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e1ef',
    500: '#72d4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4e8;
$custom-light: #a2e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8175,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4E8

secondary

#BF553F

accent

#3211D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4E8

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

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