#72D4E9#72D4E9

#72D4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.097 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4E9
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -23.23, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 30.14, 219.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0808 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.097 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1852, 56.5436, 85.6078)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4E9 #E98772

analogous

#72E9C2 #72D4E9 #7298E9

triadic

#72D4E9 #E972D4 #D4E972

tetradic

#72D4E9 #C272E9 #E98772 #98E972

square

#72D4E9 #C272E9 #E98772 #98E972

split-complementary

#72D4E9 #E97298 #E9C272

monochromatic

#1EA5C2 #3DC4E1 #72D4E9 #A7E4F1 #DCF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#72D4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4E9

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4E9	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.097 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e1f0',
    500: '#72d4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4e9;
$custom-light: #a3e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81786,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4E9

secondary

#C1553E

accent

#3310D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4E9

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

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