#72D6EC#72D6EC

#72D6EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.098 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6EC
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 236)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -23.41, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 30.66, 220.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0818 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.098 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1204, 57.7226, 88.0517)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6EC #EC8872

analogous

#72ECC5 #72D6EC #7299EC

triadic

#72D6EC #EC72D6 #D6EC72

tetradic

#72D6EC #C572EC #EC8872 #99EC72

square

#72D6EC #C572EC #EC8872 #99EC72

split-complementary

#72D6EC #EC7299 #ECC572

monochromatic

#1BA9C9 #3CC6E5 #72D6EC #A8E6F3 #DEF5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#72D6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6EC

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6EC	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.098 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e2f2',
    500: '#72d6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6ec;
$custom-light: #a3e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82348,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6EC

secondary

#C4563E

accent

#320DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6EC

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

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