#72CEFD#72CEFD

#72CEFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.110 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEFD
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 253)
HSL	hsl(200, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -14.54, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 34.60, 245.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0669 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.11 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7337, 54.8077, 101.0256)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEFD #FDA172

analogous

#72FDE7 #72CEFD #7289FD

triadic

#72CEFD #FD72CE #CEFD72

tetradic

#72CEFD #E772FD #FDA172 #89FD72

square

#72CEFD #E772FD #FDA172 #89FD72

split-complementary

#72CEFD #FD7289 #FDE772

monochromatic

#03A1F1 #36B9FC #72CEFD #AEE3FE #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#72CEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#72CEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEFD

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEFD	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BDFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.110 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddfe',
    500: '#72cefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cefd;
$custom-light: #a4ddfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.288,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81223,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEFD

secondary

#D9703A

accent

#4E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEFD

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

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