#72CDFD#72CDFD

#72CDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.110 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDFD
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 253)
HSL	hsl(201, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -14.02, -31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 34.78, 246.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0658 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.11 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4937, 54.3278, 100.9456)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDFD #FDA272

analogous

#72FDE7 #72CDFD #7288FD

triadic

#72CDFD #FD72CD #CDFD72

tetradic

#72CDFD #E772FD #FDA272 #88FD72

square

#72CDFD #E772FD #FDA272 #88FD72

split-complementary

#72CDFD #FD7288 #FDE772

monochromatic

#039FF1 #36B8FC #72CDFD #AEE2FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#72CDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDFD

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDFD	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BCFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.110 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcfe',
    500: '#72cdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdfd;
$custom-light: #a4dcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.719,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81003,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDFD

secondary

#D9713A

accent

#4F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDFD

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

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