#72D4ED#72D4ED

#72D4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.098 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4ED
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 237)
HSL	hsl(192, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(192, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -22.13, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 30.61, 223.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0792 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.098 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7631, 56.7748, 88.6513)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4ED #ED8B72

analogous

#72EDC9 #72D4ED #7297ED

triadic

#72D4ED #ED72D4 #D4ED72

tetradic

#72D4ED #C972ED #ED8B72 #97ED72

square

#72D4ED #C972ED #ED8B72 #97ED72

split-complementary

#72D4ED #ED7297 #EDC972

monochromatic

#1AA7CB #3CC3E6 #72D4ED #A8E5F4 #DFF5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#72D4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#72D4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4ED

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4ED	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.098 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e1f2',
    500: '#72d4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4ed;
$custom-light: #a3e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.195,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81934,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4ED

secondary

#C6593E

accent

#360CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4ED

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

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