#72CDFE#72CDFE

#72CDFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.111 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDFE
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 254)
HSL	hsl(201, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -13.73, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 35.10, 246.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0655 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.111 234)
XYZ	xyz(46.6534, 54.3916, 101.7868)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDFE #FEA372

analogous

#72FEE9 #72CDFE #7287FE

triadic

#72CDFE #FE72CD #CDFE72

tetradic

#72CDFE #E972FE #FEA372 #87FE72

square

#72CDFE #E972FE #FEA372 #87FE72

split-complementary

#72CDFE #FE7287 #FEE972

monochromatic

#029FF4 #35B7FE #72CDFE #AFE3FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CDFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#72CDFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDFE

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDFE	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BCFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.111 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcff',
    500: '#72cdfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdfe;
$custom-light: #a4dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81044,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.54396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDFE

secondary

#DB7239

accent

#5000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDFE

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

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