#72DAEF#72DAEF

#72DAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.101 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAEF
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -24.57, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 31.40, 218.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.085 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.101 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5847, 59.9479, 90.7081)
Luminance	0.5995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAEF #EF8772

analogous

#72EFC6 #72DAEF #729CEF

triadic

#72DAEF #EF72DA #DAEF72

tetradic

#72DAEF #C672EF #EF8772 #9CEF72

square

#72DAEF #C672EF #EF8772 #9CEF72

split-complementary

#72DAEF #EF729C #EFC672

monochromatic

#18B0CF #3BCCE9 #72DAEF #A9E8F5 #E0F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72DAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#72DAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAEF

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAEF	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AE3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.101 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e5f4',
    500: '#72daef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daef;
$custom-light: #a3e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.08,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83362,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAEF

secondary

#C8553D

accent

#2D0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAEF

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

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