#72D8EF#72D8EF

#72D8EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.100 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8EF
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -23.58, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 31.18, 220.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0828 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.1 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0692, 58.9169, 90.5363)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8EF #EF8972

analogous

#72EFC8 #72D8EF #729AEF

triadic

#72D8EF #EF72D8 #D8EF72

tetradic

#72D8EF #C872EF #EF8972 #9AEF72

square

#72D8EF #C872EF #EF8972 #9AEF72

split-complementary

#72D8EF #EF729A #EFC872

monochromatic

#18ADCF #3BC9E9 #72D8EF #A9E7F5 #E0F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72D8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#72D8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8EF

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8EF	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EE1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.100 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e4f4',
    500: '#72d8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8ef;
$custom-light: #a3e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.04,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8291,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8EF

secondary

#C8573D

accent

#300ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8EF

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

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