#72D2F8#72D2F8

#72D2F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.105 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2F8
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 248)
HSL	hsl(197, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 15.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -18.04, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 32.72, 236.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.073 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.105 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9228, 56.4437, 97.2107)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2F8 #F89872

analogous

#72F8DB #72D2F8 #728FF8

triadic

#72D2F8 #F872D2 #D2F872

tetradic

#72D2F8 #DB72F8 #F89872 #8FF872

square

#72D2F8 #DB72F8 #F89872 #8FF872

split-complementary

#72D2F8 #F8728F #F8DB72

monochromatic

#0BA7E4 #38BFF5 #72D2F8 #ACE5FB #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D2F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#72D2F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2F8

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2F8	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCEFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.105 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dffa',
    500: '#72d2f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2f8;
$custom-light: #a4dffa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81908,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2F8

secondary

#D3663B

accent

#4100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2F8

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

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