#72D4EF#72D4EF

#72D4EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.100 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4EF
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -21.58, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 30.90, 225.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0785 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.1 218)
XYZ	xyz(46.0569, 56.8923, 90.1988)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4EF #EF8D72

analogous

#72EFCC #72D4EF #7296EF

triadic

#72D4EF #EF72D4 #D4EF72

tetradic

#72D4EF #CC72EF #EF8D72 #96EF72

square

#72D4EF #CC72EF #EF8D72 #96EF72

split-complementary

#72D4EF #EF7296 #EFCC72

monochromatic

#18A7CF #3BC3E9 #72D4EF #A9E5F5 #E0F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#72D4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#72D4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4EF

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4EF	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.100 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e1f4',
    500: '#72d4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4ef;
$custom-light: #a3e1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.96,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82009,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.56896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4EF

secondary

#C85B3D

accent

#370ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4EF

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

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