#72D6ED#72D6ED

#72D6ED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.099 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6ED
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -23.13, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 30.77, 221.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0814 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.099 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2661, 57.7809, 88.8190)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6ED #ED8972

analogous

#72EDC7 #72D6ED #7299ED

triadic

#72D6ED #ED72D6 #D6ED72

tetradic

#72D6ED #C772ED #ED8972 #99ED72

square

#72D6ED #C772ED #ED8972 #99ED72

split-complementary

#72D6ED #ED7299 #EDC772

monochromatic

#1AAACB #3CC6E6 #72D6ED #A8E6F4 #DFF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#72D6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6ED

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6ED	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.099 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e2f2',
    500: '#72d6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6ed;
$custom-light: #a3e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.22,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82385,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6ED

secondary

#C6573E

accent

#320CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6ED

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

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