#72D6EA#72D6EA

#72D6EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.098 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6EA
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 234)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -23.95, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 30.47, 218.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0826 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.098 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8315, 57.6070, 86.5300)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6EA #EA8672

analogous

#72EAC2 #72D6EA #729AEA

triadic

#72D6EA #EA72D6 #D6EA72

tetradic

#72D6EA #C272EA #EA8672 #9AEA72

square

#72D6EA #C272EA #EA8672 #9AEA72

split-complementary

#72D6EA #EA729A #EAC272

monochromatic

#1DA9C4 #3DC7E2 #72D6EA #A7E5F2 #DDF5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#72D6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#72D6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6EA

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6EA	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DDEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.098 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e2f0',
    500: '#72d6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6ea;
$custom-light: #a3e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82275,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6EA

secondary

#C2543E

accent

#300FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6EA

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

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