#72D8EE#72D8EE

#72D8EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.100 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8EE
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -23.86, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 31.08, 219.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0832 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.1 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9219, 58.8580, 89.7604)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8EE #EE8872

analogous

#72EEC6 #72D8EE #729AEE

triadic

#72D8EE #EE72D8 #D8EE72

tetradic

#72D8EE #C672EE #EE8872 #9AEE72

square

#72D8EE #C672EE #EE8872 #9AEE72

split-complementary

#72D8EE #EE729A #EEC672

monochromatic

#19ADCD #3BC9E7 #72D8EE #A9E7F5 #DFF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72D8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#72D8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8EE

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8EE	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.100 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e4f3',
    500: '#72d8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8ee;
$custom-light: #a3e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.645,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82874,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8EE

secondary

#C7563D

accent

#300BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8EE

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

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