#72D0F3#72D0F3

#72D0F3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.102 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0F3
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 243)
HSL	hsl(196, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -18.43, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 31.67, 234.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0726 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.102 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6668, 55.1562, 93.0163)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0F3 #F39572

analogous

#72F3D5 #72D0F3 #7290F3

triadic

#72D0F3 #F372D0 #D0F372

tetradic

#72D0F3 #D572F3 #F39572 #90F372

square

#72D0F3 #D572F3 #F39572 #90F372

split-complementary

#72D0F3 #F37290 #F3D572

monochromatic

#12A3D8 #3ABDEE #72D0F3 #AAE3F8 #E3F6FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#72D0F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#72D0F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0F3

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0F3	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCCF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABEF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09DBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.102 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3def7',
    500: '#72d0f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0f3;
$custom-light: #a3def7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81265,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0F3

secondary

#CD643C

accent

#4005E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0F3

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

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