#72CCFD#72CCFD

#72CCFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.111 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCFD
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 253)
HSL	hsl(201, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -13.50, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 34.96, 247.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0648 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.111 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2553, 53.8509, 100.8661)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCFD #FDA372

analogous

#72FDE9 #72CCFD #7287FD

triadic

#72CCFD #FD72CC #CCFD72

tetradic

#72CCFD #E972FD #FDA372 #87FD72

square

#72CCFD #E972FD #FDA372 #87FD72

split-complementary

#72CCFD #FD7287 #FDE972

monochromatic

#039DF1 #36B6FC #72CCFD #AEE2FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CCFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#72CCFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCFD

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCFD	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BBFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.111 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbfe',
    500: '#72ccfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccfd;
$custom-light: #a4dbfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.151,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80782,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCFD

secondary

#D9723A

accent

#5100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCFD

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

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