#72D4EB#72D4EB

#72D4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.098 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4EB
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -22.68, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 30.36, 221.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.08 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.098 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4725, 56.6585, 87.1210)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4EB #EB8972

analogous

#72EBC5 #72D4EB #7297EB

triadic

#72D4EB #EB72D4 #D4EB72

tetradic

#72D4EB #C572EB #EB8972 #97EB72

square

#72D4EB #C572EB #EB8972 #97EB72

split-complementary

#72D4EB #EB7297 #EBC572

monochromatic

#1CA6C6 #3CC4E3 #72D4EB #A8E4F3 #DDF5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#72D4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#72D4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4EB

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4EB	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DDDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.098 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e1f1',
    500: '#72d4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4eb;
$custom-light: #a3e1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8186,
    "c": 0.09754,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4EB

secondary

#C3573E

accent

#340ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4EB

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

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