#72D0FD#72D0FD

#72D0FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.110 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0FD
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 253)
HSL	hsl(199, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -15.58, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 34.29, 242.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0691 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.11 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2182, 55.7768, 101.1871)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0FD #FD9F72

analogous

#72FDE4 #72D0FD #728BFD

triadic

#72D0FD #FD72D0 #D0FD72

tetradic

#72D0FD #E472FD #FD9F72 #8BFD72

square

#72D0FD #E472FD #FD9F72 #8BFD72

split-complementary

#72D0FD #FD728B #FDE472

monochromatic

#03A4F1 #36BCFC #72D0FD #AEE4FE #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D0FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#72D0FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0FD

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0FD	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BEFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.110 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4defe',
    500: '#72d0fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0fd;
$custom-light: #a4defe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.424,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81666,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0FD

secondary

#D96D3A

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0FD

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

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