#72D5EB#72D5EB

#72D5EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.098 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5EB
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -23.18, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 30.45, 220.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0811 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.098 214)
XYZ	xyz(45.7232, 57.1600, 87.2046)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5EB #EB8872

analogous

#72EBC4 #72D5EB #7298EB

triadic

#72D5EB #EB72D5 #D5EB72

tetradic

#72D5EB #C472EB #EB8872 #98EB72

square

#72D5EB #C472EB #EB8872 #98EB72

split-complementary

#72D5EB #EB7298 #EBC472

monochromatic

#1CA7C6 #3CC5E3 #72D5EB #A8E5F3 #DDF5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#72D5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5EB

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5EB	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CDEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.098 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e2f1',
    500: '#72d5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5eb;
$custom-light: #a3e2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82086,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.57164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5EB

secondary

#C3563E

accent

#330ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5EB

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

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