#72D3FA#72D3FA

#72D3FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.107 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3FA
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 250)
HSL	hsl(197, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -17.99, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 33.13, 237.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0733 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.107 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4824, 57.0638, 98.9361)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3FA #FA9972

analogous

#72FADD #72D3FA #728FFA

triadic

#72D3FA #FA72D3 #D3FA72

tetradic

#72D3FA #DD72FA #FA9972 #8FFA72

square

#72D3FA #DD72FA #FA9972 #8FFA72

split-complementary

#72D3FA #FA728F #FADD72

monochromatic

#08A9E9 #37C1F8 #72D3FA #ADE5FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#72D3FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#72D3FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3FA

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3FA	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECFFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC1FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.107 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e0fc',
    500: '#72d3fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3fa;
$custom-light: #a4e0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82211,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3FA

secondary

#D6673B

accent

#4200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3FA

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

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