#72D3F8#72D3F8

#72D3F8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.105 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3F8
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 248)
HSL	hsl(197, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 14.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -18.55, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 32.65, 235.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0741 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.105 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1705, 56.9390, 97.2933)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3F8 #F89772

analogous

#72F8DA #72D3F8 #7290F8

triadic

#72D3F8 #F872D3 #D3F872

tetradic

#72D3F8 #DA72F8 #F89772 #90F872

square

#72D3F8 #DA72F8 #F89772 #90F872

split-complementary

#72D3F8 #F87290 #F8DA72

monochromatic

#0BA8E4 #38C1F5 #72D3F8 #ACE5FB #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#72D3F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#72D3F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3F8

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3F8	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCFFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.105 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e0fa',
    500: '#72d3f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3f8;
$custom-light: #a4e0fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82131,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3F8

secondary

#D3653B

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3F8

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

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