#72CDF3#72CDF3

#72CDF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.102 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDF3
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 243)
HSL	hsl(198, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -16.89, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 31.88, 238.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0693 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.102 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9423, 53.7072, 92.7748)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDF3 #F39872

analogous

#72F3D8 #72CDF3 #728DF3

triadic

#72CDF3 #F372CD #CDF372

tetradic

#72CDF3 #D872F3 #F39872 #8DF372

square

#72CDF3 #D872F3 #F39872 #8DF372

split-complementary

#72CDF3 #F3728D #F3D872

monochromatic

#129ED8 #3AB9EE #72CDF3 #AAE1F8 #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72CDF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#72CDF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDF3

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDF3	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CAF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BCF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DD8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.102 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcf7',
    500: '#72cdf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdf3;
$custom-light: #a3dcf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80595,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDF3

secondary

#CD673C

accent

#4605E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDF3

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

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