#72D0FC#72D0FC

#72D0FC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.109 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0FC
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 252)
HSL	hsl(199, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -15.87, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 33.99, 242.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0694 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.109 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0594, 55.7132, 100.3504)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0FC #FC9E72

analogous

#72FCE3 #72D0FC #728BFC

triadic

#72D0FC #FC72D0 #D0FC72

tetradic

#72D0FC #E372FC #FC9E72 #8BFC72

square

#72D0FC #E372FC #FC9E72 #8BFC72

split-complementary

#72D0FC #FC728B #FCE372

monochromatic

#05A4EF #36BCFB #72D0FC #AEE4FD #E1F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D0FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#72D0FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0FC

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0FC	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACDFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BEFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.109 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4defd',
    500: '#72d0fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0fc;
$custom-light: #a4defd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81625,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0FC

secondary

#D86C3A

accent

#4900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0FC

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

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