#72CFF8#72CFF8

#72CFF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.106 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFF8
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 248)
HSL	hsl(198, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 16.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -16.50, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 33.00, 240.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0697 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.106 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1891, 54.9763, 96.9661)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFF8 #F89B72

analogous

#72F8DE #72CFF8 #728CF8

triadic

#72CFF8 #F872CF #CFF872

tetradic

#72CFF8 #DE72F8 #F89B72 #8CF872

square

#72CFF8 #DE72F8 #F89B72 #8CF872

split-complementary

#72CFF8 #F8728C #F8DE72

monochromatic

#0BA2E4 #38BBF5 #72CFF8 #ACE3FB #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#72CFF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#72CFF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFF8

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFF8	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACCFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BDF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.106 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddfa',
    500: '#72cff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cff8;
$custom-light: #a3ddfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81241,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFF8

secondary

#D36A3B

accent

#4600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFF8

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

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