#72D4F8#72D4F8

#72D4F8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.105 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4F8
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 248)
HSL	hsl(196, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 14.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -19.06, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 32.60, 234.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0751 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.105 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4197, 57.4374, 97.3763)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4F8 #F89672

analogous

#72F8D9 #72D4F8 #7291F8

triadic

#72D4F8 #F872D4 #D4F872

tetradic

#72D4F8 #D972F8 #F89672 #91F872

square

#72D4F8 #D972F8 #F89672 #91F872

split-complementary

#72D4F8 #F87291 #F8D972

monochromatic

#0BAAE4 #38C2F5 #72D4F8 #ACE6FB #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#72D4F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#72D4F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4F8

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4F8	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D0FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.105 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e1fa',
    500: '#72d4f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4f8;
$custom-light: #a4e1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82355,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4F8

secondary

#D3643B

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4F8

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

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