#72CDFF#72CDFF

#72CDFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.112 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDFF
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(201, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -13.44, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 35.42, 247.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0651 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.112 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8140, 54.4559, 102.6324)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDFF #FFA472

analogous

#72FFEB #72CDFF #7286FF

triadic

#72CDFF #FF72CD #CDFF72

tetradic

#72CDFF #EB72FF #FFA472 #86FF72

square

#72CDFF #EB72FF #FFA472 #86FF72

split-complementary

#72CDFF #FF7286 #FFEB72

monochromatic

#009FF7 #35B7FF #72CDFF #AFE3FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#72CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#72CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDFF

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDFF	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BCFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.112 234.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.277,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81086,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDFF

secondary

#DC7339

accent

#5100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDFF

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

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