#72CDFB#72CDFB

#72CDFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.109 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDFB
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 251)
HSL	hsl(200, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -14.60, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 34.15, 244.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0665 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.109 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1768, 54.2010, 99.2765)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDFB #FBA072

analogous

#72FBE5 #72CDFB #7289FB

triadic

#72CDFB #FB72CD #CDFB72

tetradic

#72CDFB #E572FB #FBA072 #89FB72

square

#72CDFB #E572FB #FBA072 #89FB72

split-complementary

#72CDFB #FB7289 #FBE572

monochromatic

#079FEC #36B8F9 #72CDFB #AEE2FD #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CDFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#72CDFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDFB

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDFB	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BCFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.109 232.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.146,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8092,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDFB

secondary

#D76F3A

accent

#4D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDFB

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

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