#72CDFC#72CDFC

#72CDFC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.110 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDFC
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 252)
HSL	hsl(200, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -14.31, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 34.46, 245.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0662 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.11 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3348, 54.2642, 100.1089)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDFC #FCA172

analogous

#72FCE6 #72CDFC #7288FC

triadic

#72CDFC #FC72CD #CDFC72

tetradic

#72CDFC #E672FC #FCA172 #88FC72

square

#72CDFC #E672FC #FCA172 #88FC72

split-complementary

#72CDFC #FC7288 #FCE672

monochromatic

#059FEF #36B8FB #72CDFC #AEE2FD #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CDFC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#72CDFC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDFC

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDFC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDFC	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BCFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdfc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.110 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcfd',
    500: '#72cdfc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdfc;
$custom-light: #a4dcfd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdfc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.435,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80961,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDFC

secondary

#D8703A

accent

#4E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDFC

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

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