#72D5EC#72D5EC

#72D5EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.098 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5EC
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -22.91, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 30.56, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0807 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.098 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8681, 57.2180, 87.9676)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5EC #EC8972

analogous

#72ECC6 #72D5EC #7298EC

triadic

#72D5EC #EC72D5 #D5EC72

tetradic

#72D5EC #C672EC #EC8972 #98EC72

square

#72D5EC #C672EC #EC8972 #98EC72

split-complementary

#72D5EC #EC7298 #ECC672

monochromatic

#1BA8C9 #3CC5E5 #72D5EC #A8E5F3 #DEF5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#72D5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5EC

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5EC	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ADEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.098 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e2f2',
    500: '#72d5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5ec;
$custom-light: #a3e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82122,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5EC

secondary

#C4573E

accent

#330DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5EC

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

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