#72D3FF#72D3FF

#72D3FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.110 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D3FF
RGB	rgb(114, 211, 255)
HSL	hsl(199, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -16.55, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 34.45, 241.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0716 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.11 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2768, 57.3816, 103.1200)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D3FF #FF9E72

analogous

#72FFE4 #72D3FF #728DFF

triadic

#72D3FF #FF72D3 #D3FF72

tetradic

#72D3FF #E472FF #FF9E72 #8DFF72

square

#72D3FF #E472FF #FF9E72 #8DFF72

split-complementary

#72D3FF #FF728D #FFE472

monochromatic

#00AAF7 #35C0FF #72D3FF #AFE6FF #E0F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#72D3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#72D3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D3FF

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D3FF	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDD0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 211, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.110 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e0ff',
    500: '#72d3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d3ff;
$custom-light: #a4e0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.723,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82412,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D3FF

secondary

#DC6C39

accent

#4800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D3FF

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

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