#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
RGBrgb(114, 215, 237)
HSLhsl(191, 77%, 69%)
HSVhsv(191, 52%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(51.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(80.90, -23.63, -19.86)
CIE-LCHlch(80.90, 30.87, 220.05°)
OKLaboklab(82.61% -0.0825 -0.0549)
OKLCHoklch(82.61% 0.099 213.6)
XYZxyz(46.5200, 58.2886, 88.9036)
Luminance0.5829 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##72D7ED1.001.6612.6612.66
#FFFFFF1.661.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6621.001.001.00
##00000012.6621.001.001.00

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

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#72D7ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva