#72DBF0#72DBF0

#72DBF0 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.101 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBF0
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 240)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -24.80, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 31.61, 218.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0857 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.101 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9929, 60.5274, 91.5750)
Luminance	0.6053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBF0 #F08772

analogous

#72F0C6 #72DBF0 #729CF0

triadic

#72DBF0 #F072DB #DBF072

tetradic

#72DBF0 #C672F0 #F08772 #9CF072

square

#72DBF0 #C672F0 #F08772 #9CF072

split-complementary

#72DBF0 #F0729C #F0C672

monochromatic

#16B2D1 #3BCDEA #72DBF0 #A9E9F6 #E1F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#72DBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBF0

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBF0	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.101 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e6f5',
    500: '#72dbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbf0;
$custom-light: #a3e6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83625,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBF0

secondary

#C9543D

accent

#2C08DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBF0

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

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