#72CFF5#72CFF5

#72CFF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.103 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFF5
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 245)
HSL	hsl(197, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -17.36, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 32.22, 237.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0708 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.103 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7274, 54.7916, 94.5346)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFF5 #F59872

analogous

#72F5DA #72CFF5 #728DF5

triadic

#72CFF5 #F572CF #CFF572

tetradic

#72CFF5 #DA72F5 #F59872 #8DF572

square

#72CFF5 #DA72F5 #F59872 #8DF572

split-complementary

#72CFF5 #F5728D #F5DA72

monochromatic

#10A1DD #39BCF1 #72CFF5 #ABE2F9 #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#72CFF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#72CFF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFF5

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFF5	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)

#BBCBF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BDF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cff5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.103 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf8',
    500: '#72cff5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cff5;
$custom-light: #a3ddf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cff5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.405,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81121,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFF5

secondary

#CF673C

accent

#4302E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFF5

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

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