#72CDFA#72CDFA

#72CDFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.108 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDFA
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 250)
HSL	hsl(200, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 18%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -14.89, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 33.84, 243.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0669 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.108 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0196, 54.1381, 98.4485)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDFA #FA9F72

analogous

#72FAE3 #72CDFA #7289FA

triadic

#72CDFA #FA72CD #CDFA72

tetradic

#72CDFA #E372FA #FA9F72 #89FA72

square

#72CDFA #E372FA #FA9F72 #89FA72

split-complementary

#72CDFA #FA7289 #FAE372

monochromatic

#089FE9 #37B8F8 #72CDFA #ADE2FC #E1F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CDFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#72CDFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDFA

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDFA	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BCF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.108 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcfc',
    500: '#72cdfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdfa;
$custom-light: #a4dcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80878,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDFA

secondary

#D66E3B

accent

#4C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDFA

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

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