#72D0F5#72D0F5

#72D0F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.103 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0F5
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 245)
HSL	hsl(197, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -17.87, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 32.14, 236.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0719 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.103 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9705, 55.2777, 94.6156)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0F5 #F59772

analogous

#72F5D9 #72D0F5 #728EF5

triadic

#72D0F5 #F572D0 #D0F572

tetradic

#72D0F5 #D972F5 #F59772 #8EF572

square

#72D0F5 #D972F5 #F59772 #8EF572

split-complementary

#72D0F5 #F5728E #F5D972

monochromatic

#10A3DD #39BDF1 #72D0F5 #ABE3F9 #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#72D0F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#72D0F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0F5

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0F5	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)

#BCCCF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BEF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.103 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3def8',
    500: '#72d0f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0f5;
$custom-light: #a3def8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81344,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0F5

secondary

#CF663C

accent

#4202E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0F5

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

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