#72D1F8#72D1F8

#72D1F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.105 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D1F8
RGB	rgb(114, 209, 248)
HSL	hsl(197, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 15.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -17.53, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 32.80, 237.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0719 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.105 227)
XYZ	xyz(46.6767, 55.9515, 97.1287)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D1F8 #F89972

analogous

#72F8DC #72D1F8 #728EF8

triadic

#72D1F8 #F872D1 #D1F872

tetradic

#72D1F8 #DC72F8 #F89972 #8EF872

square

#72D1F8 #DC72F8 #F89972 #8EF872

split-complementary

#72D1F8 #F8728E #F8DC72

monochromatic

#0BA5E4 #38BEF5 #72D1F8 #ACE4FB #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D1F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#72D1F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D1F8

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D1F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D1F8	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCDFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BFF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d1f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 209, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.105 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dffa',
    500: '#72d1f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d1f8;
$custom-light: #a4dffa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d1f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81686,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.55956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D1F8

secondary

#D3673B

accent

#4300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D1F8

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

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