#72CDF8#72CDF8

#72CDF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.106 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDF8
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 248)
HSL	hsl(199, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -15.47, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 33.25, 242.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0676 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.106 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7077, 54.0133, 96.8056)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDF8 #F89D72

analogous

#72F8E0 #72CDF8 #728AF8

triadic

#72CDF8 #F872CD #CDF872

tetradic

#72CDF8 #E072F8 #F89D72 #8AF872

square

#72CDF8 #E072F8 #F89D72 #8AF872

split-complementary

#72CDF8 #F8728A #F8E072

monochromatic

#0B9FE4 #38B8F5 #72CDF8 #ACE2FB #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CDF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#72CDF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDF8

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDF8	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CAFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BCF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.106 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcfa',
    500: '#72cdf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdf8;
$custom-light: #a3dcfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80797,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDF8

secondary

#D36C3B

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDF8

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

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