#72D0FF#72D0FF

#72D0FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.111 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D0FF
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 255)
HSL	hsl(200, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -15.00, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 34.88, 244.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0684 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.111 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5385, 55.9049, 102.8739)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D0FF #FFA172

analogous

#72FFE8 #72D0FF #728AFF

triadic

#72D0FF #FF72D0 #D0FF72

tetradic

#72D0FF #E872FF #FFA172 #8AFF72

square

#72D0FF #E872FF #FFA172 #8AFF72

split-complementary

#72D0FF #FF728A #FFE872

monochromatic

#00A4F7 #35BCFF #72D0FF #AFE4FF #E0F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D0FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#72D0FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D0FF

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D0FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D0FF	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BFFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d0ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.111 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4deff',
    500: '#72d0ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d0ff;
$custom-light: #a4deff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d0ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81748,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D0FF

secondary

#DC6F39

accent

#4D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D0FF

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

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