#72CDF2#72CDF2

#72CDF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.101 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDF2
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 242)
HSL	hsl(197, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -17.18, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 31.63, 237.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0697 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.101 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7917, 53.6469, 91.9816)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDF2 #F29772

analogous

#72F2D7 #72CDF2 #728DF2

triadic

#72CDF2 #F272CD #CDF272

tetradic

#72CDF2 #D772F2 #F29772 #8DF272

square

#72CDF2 #D772F2 #F29772 #8DF272

split-complementary

#72CDF2 #F2728D #F2D772

monochromatic

#149ED6 #3AB9ED #72CDF2 #AAE1F7 #E2F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72CDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#72CDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDF2

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDF2	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CAF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.101 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcf6',
    500: '#72cdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdf2;
$custom-light: #a3dcf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80555,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDF2

secondary

#CC663D

accent

#4506E0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDF2

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

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