#72D8F2#72D8F2

#72D8F2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.102 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8F2
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 242)
HSL	hsl(192, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(192, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -22.76, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 31.55, 223.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0817 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.102 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5161, 59.0957, 92.8898)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8F2 #F28C72

analogous

#72F2CC #72D8F2 #7298F2

triadic

#72D8F2 #F272D8 #D8F272

tetradic

#72D8F2 #CC72F2 #F28C72 #98F272

square

#72D8F2 #CC72F2 #F28C72 #98F272

split-complementary

#72D8F2 #F27298 #F2CC72

monochromatic

#14AED6 #3AC8ED #72D8F2 #AAE7F7 #E2F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72D8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#72D8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8F2

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8F2	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D2F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C4F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.102 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e4f6',
    500: '#72d8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8f2;
$custom-light: #a3e4f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.188,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83022,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8F2

secondary

#CC5A3D

accent

#3206E0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8F2

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

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