#72D2FF#72D2FF

#72D2FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.111 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D2FF
RGB	rgb(114, 210, 255)
HSL	hsl(199, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -16.04, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 34.58, 242.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0705 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.111 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0292, 56.8862, 103.0374)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D2FF #FF9F72

analogous

#72FFE6 #72D2FF #728CFF

triadic

#72D2FF #FF72D2 #D2FF72

tetradic

#72D2FF #E672FF #FF9F72 #8CFF72

square

#72D2FF #E672FF #FF9F72 #8CFF72

split-complementary

#72D2FF #FF728C #FFE672

monochromatic

#00A8F7 #35BEFF #72D2FF #AFE6FF #E0F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#72D2FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#72D2FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D2FF

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D2FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D2FF	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7C0FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d2ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 210, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.111 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dfff',
    500: '#72d2ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d2ff;
$custom-light: #a4dfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d2ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8219,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D2FF

secondary

#DC6D39

accent

#4900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D2FF

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

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