#72CFF9#72CFF9

#72CFF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.107 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFF9
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 249)
HSL	hsl(199, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -16.21, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 33.28, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0694 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.107 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3447, 55.0385, 97.7854)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFF9 #F99C72

analogous

#72F9E0 #72CFF9 #728BF9

triadic

#72CFF9 #F972CF #CFF972

tetradic

#72CFF9 #E072F9 #F99C72 #8BF972

square

#72CFF9 #E072F9 #F99C72 #8BF972

split-complementary

#72CFF9 #F9728B #F9E072

monochromatic

#0AA2E7 #37BBF7 #72CFF9 #ADE3FB #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#72CFF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#72CFF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFF9

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFF9	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACCFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BDF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cff9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.107 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddfb',
    500: '#72cff9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cff9;
$custom-light: #a4ddfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cff9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81281,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFF9

secondary

#D46B3B

accent

#4700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFF9

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

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