#72CDF1#72CDF1

#72CDF1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.101 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDF1
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 241)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -17.46, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 31.38, 236.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0701 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.101 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6419, 53.5870, 91.1928)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDF1 #F19672

analogous

#72F1D6 #72CDF1 #728EF1

triadic

#72CDF1 #F172CD #CDF172

tetradic

#72CDF1 #D672F1 #F19672 #8EF172

square

#72CDF1 #D672F1 #F19672 #8EF172

split-complementary

#72CDF1 #F1728E #F1D672

monochromatic

#159ED4 #3AB9EB #72CDF1 #AAE1F7 #E1F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72CDF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#72CDF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDF1

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDF1	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C9F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.101 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcf5',
    500: '#72cdf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdf1;
$custom-light: #a3dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.008,
    "s": 81.935,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80516,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDF1

secondary

#CA653D

accent

#4407DE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDF1

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

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