#72D4EE#72D4EE

#72D4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.099 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4EE
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -21.86, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 30.75, 224.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0788 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.099 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9096, 56.8334, 89.4229)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4EE #EE8C72

analogous

#72EECA #72D4EE #7296EE

triadic

#72D4EE #EE72D4 #D4EE72

tetradic

#72D4EE #CA72EE #EE8C72 #96EE72

square

#72D4EE #CA72EE #EE8C72 #96EE72

split-complementary

#72D4EE #EE7296 #EECA72

monochromatic

#19A7CD #3BC3E7 #72D4EE #A9E5F5 #DFF5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#72D4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#72D4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4EE

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4EE	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.099 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e1f3',
    500: '#72d4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4ee;
$custom-light: #a3e1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.581,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81971,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4EE

secondary

#C75A3D

accent

#360BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4EE

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

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