#72D5EF#72D5EF

#72D5EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.100 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5EF
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(192, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -22.08, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 30.95, 224.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0796 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.1 217)
XYZ	xyz(46.3076, 57.3938, 90.2824)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5EF #EF8C72

analogous

#72EFCB #72D5EF #7297EF

triadic

#72D5EF #EF72D5 #D5EF72

tetradic

#72D5EF #CB72EF #EF8C72 #97EF72

square

#72D5EF #CB72EF #EF8C72 #97EF72

split-complementary

#72D5EF #EF7297 #EFCB72

monochromatic

#18A9CF #3BC5E9 #72D5EF #A9E5F5 #E0F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#72D5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#72D5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5EF

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5EF	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.100 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e2f4',
    500: '#72d5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5ef;
$custom-light: #a3e2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.48,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82234,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.57398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5EF

secondary

#C85A3D

accent

#350ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5EF

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

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