#72D0F8#72D0F8

#72D0F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.106 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0F8
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 248)
HSL	hsl(198, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 16.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -17.02, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 32.89, 238.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0708 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.106 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4322, 55.4623, 97.0471)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0F8 #F89A72

analogous

#72F8DD #72D0F8 #728DF8

triadic

#72D0F8 #F872D0 #D0F872

tetradic

#72D0F8 #DD72F8 #F89A72 #8DF872

square

#72D0F8 #DD72F8 #F89A72 #8DF872

split-complementary

#72D0F8 #F8728D #F8DD72

monochromatic

#0BA4E4 #38BDF5 #72D0F8 #ACE3FB #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#72D0F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#72D0F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0F8

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0F8	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCDFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BEF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.106 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4defa',
    500: '#72d0f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0f8;
$custom-light: #a4defa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81463,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0F8

secondary

#D3683B

accent

#4500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0F8

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

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