#72D7ED#72D7ED

#72D7ED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.099 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7ED
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -23.63, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 30.87, 220.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0825 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.099 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5200, 58.2886, 88.9036)
Luminance	0.5829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7ED #ED8872

analogous

#72EDC6 #72D7ED #729AED

triadic

#72D7ED #ED72D7 #D7ED72

tetradic

#72D7ED #C672ED #ED8872 #9AED72

square

#72D7ED #C672ED #ED8872 #9AED72

split-complementary

#72D7ED #ED729A #EDC672

monochromatic

#1AABCB #3CC8E6 #72D7ED #A8E6F4 #DFF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72D7ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#72D7ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7ED

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7ED	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.099 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e3f2',
    500: '#72d7ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7ed;
$custom-light: #a3e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.732,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82611,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7ED

secondary

#C6563E

accent

#310CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7ED

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

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