#72D2FA#72D2FA

#72D2FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.107 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2FA
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 250)
HSL	hsl(198, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 16%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -17.47, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 33.22, 238.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0723 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.107 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2348, 56.5685, 98.8536)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2FA #FA9A72

analogous

#72FADE #72D2FA #728EFA

triadic

#72D2FA #FA72D2 #D2FA72

tetradic

#72D2FA #DE72FA #FA9A72 #8EFA72

square

#72D2FA #DE72FA #FA9A72 #8EFA72

split-complementary

#72D2FA #FA728E #FADE72

monochromatic

#08A7E9 #37BFF8 #72D2FA #ADE5FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#72D2FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#72D2FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2FA

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2FA	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCFFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C0FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.107 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dffc',
    500: '#72d2fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2fa;
$custom-light: #a4dffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81988,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2FA

secondary

#D6683B

accent

#4300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2FA

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

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