#72D7EE#72D7EE

#72D7EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.100 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7EE
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -23.36, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 30.98, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0821 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.1 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6665, 58.3472, 89.6752)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7EE #EE8972

analogous

#72EEC7 #72D7EE #7299EE

triadic

#72D7EE #EE72D7 #D7EE72

tetradic

#72D7EE #C772EE #EE8972 #99EE72

square

#72D7EE #C772EE #EE8972 #99EE72

split-complementary

#72D7EE #EE7299 #EEC772

monochromatic

#19ABCD #3BC8E7 #72D7EE #A9E6F5 #DFF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72D7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#72D7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7EE

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7EE	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.100 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e3f3',
    500: '#72d7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7ee;
$custom-light: #a3e3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.129,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82648,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7EE

secondary

#C7573D

accent

#310BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7EE

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

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