#72D3F9#72D3F9

#72D3F9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.106 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3F9
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 249)
HSL	hsl(197, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -18.27, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 32.89, 236.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0737 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.106 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3261, 57.0012, 98.1125)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3F9 #F99872

analogous

#72F9DB #72D3F9 #728FF9

triadic

#72D3F9 #F972D3 #D3F972

tetradic

#72D3F9 #DB72F9 #F99872 #8FF972

square

#72D3F9 #DB72F9 #F99872 #8FF972

split-complementary

#72D3F9 #F9728F #F9DB72

monochromatic

#0AA9E7 #37C1F7 #72D3F9 #ADE5FB #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D3F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#72D3F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3F9

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3F9	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC0F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.106 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e0fb',
    500: '#72d3f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3f9;
$custom-light: #a4e0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.889,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82171,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3F9

secondary

#D4663B

accent

#4100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3F9

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

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