#72CFFD#72CFFD

#72CFFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.110 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFFD
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 253)
HSL	hsl(200, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -15.06, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 34.44, 244.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.068 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.11 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9752, 55.2907, 101.1061)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFFD #FDA072

analogous

#72FDE6 #72CFFD #728AFD

triadic

#72CFFD #FD72CF #CFFD72

tetradic

#72CFFD #E672FD #FDA072 #8AFD72

square

#72CFFD #E672FD #FDA072 #8AFD72

split-complementary

#72CFFD #FD728A #FDE672

monochromatic

#03A2F1 #36BAFC #72CFFD #AEE4FE #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#72CFFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#72CFFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFFD

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFFD	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cffd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.110 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddfe',
    500: '#72cffd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cffd;
$custom-light: #a4ddfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cffd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81445,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFFD

secondary

#D96F3A

accent

#4C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFFD

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

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