#72CFF3#72CFF3

#72CFF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.102 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFF3
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 243)
HSL	hsl(197, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -17.92, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 31.73, 235.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0715 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.102 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4238, 54.6701, 92.9353)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFF3 #F39672

analogous

#72F3D6 #72CFF3 #728FF3

triadic

#72CFF3 #F372CF #CFF372

tetradic

#72CFF3 #D672F3 #F39672 #8FF372

square

#72CFF3 #D672F3 #F39672 #8FF372

split-complementary

#72CFF3 #F3728F #F3D672

monochromatic

#12A1D8 #3ABCEE #72CFF3 #AAE2F8 #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#72CFF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#72CFF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFF3

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFF3	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCBF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BDF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ADADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cff3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.102 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf7',
    500: '#72cff3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cff3;
$custom-light: #a3ddf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cff3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81041,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFF3

secondary

#CD653C

accent

#4205E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFF3

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

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