#72D5EA#72D5EA

#72D5EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.097 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5EA
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -23.45, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 30.35, 219.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0815 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.097 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5792, 57.1024, 86.4459)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5EA #EA8772

analogous

#72EAC3 #72D5EA #7299EA

triadic

#72D5EA #EA72D5 #D5EA72

tetradic

#72D5EA #C372EA #EA8772 #99EA72

square

#72D5EA #C372EA #EA8772 #99EA72

split-complementary

#72D5EA #EA7299 #EAC372

monochromatic

#1DA7C4 #3DC5E2 #72D5EA #A7E5F2 #DDF5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#72D5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5EA

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5EA	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EDEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.097 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e2f0',
    500: '#72d5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5ea;
$custom-light: #a3e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82049,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5EA

secondary

#C2553E

accent

#320FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5EA

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

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