#72D7EC#72D7EC

#72D7EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.099 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7EC
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -23.90, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 30.77, 219.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0829 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.099 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3743, 58.2303, 88.1363)
Luminance	0.5823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7EC #EC8772

analogous

#72ECC4 #72D7EC #729AEC

triadic

#72D7EC #EC72D7 #D7EC72

tetradic

#72D7EC #C472EC #EC8772 #9AEC72

square

#72D7EC #C472EC #EC8772 #9AEC72

split-complementary

#72D7EC #EC729A #ECC472

monochromatic

#1BABC9 #3CC8E5 #72D7EC #A8E6F3 #DEF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72D7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#72D7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7EC

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7EC	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.099 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e3f2',
    500: '#72d7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7ec;
$custom-light: #a3e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.328,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82574,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7EC

secondary

#C4553E

accent

#300DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7EC

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

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