#72D0FB#72D0FB

#72D0FB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.108 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0FB
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 251)
HSL	hsl(199, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -16.16, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 33.71, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0698 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.108 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9013, 55.6500, 99.5180)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0FB #FB9D72

analogous

#72FBE2 #72D0FB #728CFB

triadic

#72D0FB #FB72D0 #D0FB72

tetradic

#72D0FB #E272FB #FB9D72 #8CFB72

square

#72D0FB #E272FB #FB9D72 #8CFB72

split-complementary

#72D0FB #FB728C #FBE272

monochromatic

#07A4EC #36BCF9 #72D0FB #AEE4FD #E1F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D0FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#72D0FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0FB

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0FB	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACDFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BEFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.108 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4defc',
    500: '#72d0fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0fb;
$custom-light: #a4defc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.832,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81584,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0FB

secondary

#D76B3A

accent

#4800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0FB

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

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