#72D1FA#72D1FA

#72D1FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.107 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D1FA
RGB	rgb(114, 209, 250)
HSL	hsl(198, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -16.96, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 33.32, 239.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0712 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.107 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9887, 56.0763, 98.7715)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D1FA #FA9B72

analogous

#72FADF #72D1FA #728DFA

triadic

#72D1FA #FA72D1 #D1FA72

tetradic

#72D1FA #DF72FA #FA9B72 #8DFA72

square

#72D1FA #DF72FA #FA9B72 #8DFA72

split-complementary

#72D1FA #FA728D #FADF72

monochromatic

#08A5E9 #37BEF8 #72D1FA #ADE4FC #E1F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#72D1FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#72D1FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D1FA

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D1FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D1FA	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d1fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 209, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.107 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dffc',
    500: '#72d1fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d1fa;
$custom-light: #a4dffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d1fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81766,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D1FA

secondary

#D6693B

accent

#4500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D1FA

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

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