#72D4EA#72D4EA

#72D4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.097 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4EA
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -22.95, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 30.24, 220.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0804 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.097 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3284, 56.6009, 86.3623)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4EA #EA8872

analogous

#72EAC4 #72D4EA #7298EA

triadic

#72D4EA #EA72D4 #D4EA72

tetradic

#72D4EA #C472EA #EA8872 #98EA72

square

#72D4EA #C472EA #EA8872 #98EA72

split-complementary

#72D4EA #EA7298 #EAC472

monochromatic

#1DA6C4 #3DC4E2 #72D4EA #A7E4F2 #DDF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#72D4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#72D4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4EA

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4EA	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FDDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.097 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e1f0',
    500: '#72d4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4ea;
$custom-light: #a3e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81823,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4EA

secondary

#C2563E

accent

#340FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4EA

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

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