#72CFF2#72CFF2

#72CFF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.101 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFF2
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 242)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -18.20, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 31.49, 234.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0719 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.101 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2732, 54.6099, 92.1421)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFF2 #F29572

analogous

#72F2D5 #72CFF2 #728FF2

triadic

#72CFF2 #F272CF #CFF272

tetradic

#72CFF2 #D572F2 #F29572 #8FF272

square

#72CFF2 #D572F2 #F29572 #8FF272

split-complementary

#72CFF2 #F2728F #F2D572

monochromatic

#14A1D6 #3ABCED #72CFF2 #AAE2F7 #E2F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#72CFF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#72CFF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFF2

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFF2	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCBF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BDF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FDADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cff2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.101 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf6',
    500: '#72cff2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cff2;
$custom-light: #a3ddf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cff2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81002,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFF2

secondary

#CC643D

accent

#4106E0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFF2

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

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