#72D2FD#72D2FD

#72D2FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.109 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2FD
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 253)
HSL	hsl(199, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 17%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -16.61, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 34.02, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0712 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.109 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7089, 56.7581, 101.3507)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2FD #FD9D72

analogous

#72FDE2 #72D2FD #728DFD

triadic

#72D2FD #FD72D2 #D2FD72

tetradic

#72D2FD #E272FD #FD9D72 #8DFD72

square

#72D2FD #E272FD #FD9D72 #8DFD72

split-complementary

#72D2FD #FD728D #FDE272

monochromatic

#03A8F1 #36BFFC #72D2FD #AEE5FE #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#72D2FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#72D2FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2FD

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2FD	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8C0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.109 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dffe',
    500: '#72d2fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2fd;
$custom-light: #a4dffe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.561,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82109,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2FD

secondary

#D96B3A

accent

#4700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2FD

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

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