#72D7EF#72D7EF

#72D7EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.100 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7EF
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 239)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(192, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 10%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -23.08, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 31.09, 222.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0817 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.1 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8138, 58.4061, 90.4511)
Luminance	0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7EF #EF8A72

analogous

#72EFC9 #72D7EF #7299EF

triadic

#72D7EF #EF72D7 #D7EF72

tetradic

#72D7EF #C972EF #EF8A72 #99EF72

square

#72D7EF #C972EF #EF8A72 #99EF72

split-complementary

#72D7EF #EF7299 #EFC972

monochromatic

#18ACCF #3BC7E9 #72D7EF #A9E7F5 #E0F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72D7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#72D7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7EF

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7EF	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FE0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.100 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e3f4',
    500: '#72d7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7ef;
$custom-light: #a3e3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.52,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82685,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7EF

secondary

#C8583D

accent

#320ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7EF

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

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