#72D9EE#72D9EE

#72D9EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.100 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9EE
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -24.35, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 31.19, 218.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0843 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.1 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1788, 59.3719, 89.8460)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9EE #EE8772

analogous

#72EEC5 #72D9EE #729BEE

triadic

#72D9EE #EE72D9 #D9EE72

tetradic

#72D9EE #C572EE #EE8772 #9BEE72

square

#72D9EE #C572EE #EE8772 #9BEE72

split-complementary

#72D9EE #EE729B #EEC572

monochromatic

#19AECD #3BCAE7 #72D9EE #A9E8F5 #DFF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72D9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#72D9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9EE

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9EE	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.100 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5f3',
    500: '#72d9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9ee;
$custom-light: #a3e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.161,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.831,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9EE

secondary

#C7553D

accent

#2E0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9EE

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

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