#72D0FE#72D0FE

#72D0FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.110 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0FE
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 254)
HSL	hsl(200, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -15.29, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 34.58, 243.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0687 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.11 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3779, 55.8406, 102.0283)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0FE #FEA072

analogous

#72FEE6 #72D0FE #728AFE

triadic

#72D0FE #FE72D0 #D0FE72

tetradic

#72D0FE #E672FE #FEA072 #8AFE72

square

#72D0FE #E672FE #FEA072 #8AFE72

split-complementary

#72D0FE #FE728A #FEE672

monochromatic

#02A4F4 #35BCFE #72D0FE #AFE4FE #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#72D0FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#72D0FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0FE

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0FE	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BFFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.110 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4deff',
    500: '#72d0fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0fe;
$custom-light: #a4deff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.714,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81707,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0FE

secondary

#DB6E39

accent

#4B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0FE

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

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