#72D1FD#72D1FD

#72D1FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.109 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D1FD
RGB	rgb(114, 209, 253)
HSL	hsl(199, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -16.10, -30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 34.15, 241.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0701 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.109 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4628, 56.2659, 101.2686)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D1FD #FD9E72

analogous

#72FDE4 #72D1FD #728CFD

triadic

#72D1FD #FD72D1 #D1FD72

tetradic

#72D1FD #E472FD #FD9E72 #8CFD72

square

#72D1FD #E472FD #FD9E72 #8CFD72

split-complementary

#72D1FD #FD728C #FDE472

monochromatic

#03A6F1 #36BDFC #72D1FD #AEE5FE #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D1FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#72D1FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D1FD

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D1FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D1FD	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BFFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d1fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 209, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.109 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dffe',
    500: '#72d1fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d1fd;
$custom-light: #a4dffe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d1fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.993,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81887,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D1FD

secondary

#D96C3A

accent

#4900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D1FD

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

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