#72D4FA#72D4FA

#72D4FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.106 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4FA
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 250)
HSL	hsl(197, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -18.50, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 33.06, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0744 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.106 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7316, 57.5622, 99.0192)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4FA #FA9872

analogous

#72FADC #72D4FA #7290FA

triadic

#72D4FA #FA72D4 #D4FA72

tetradic

#72D4FA #DC72FA #FA9872 #90FA72

square

#72D4FA #DC72FA #FA9872 #90FA72

split-complementary

#72D4FA #FA7290 #FADC72

monochromatic

#08AAE9 #37C2F8 #72D4FA #ADE6FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#72D4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#72D4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4FA

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4FA	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFD0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC1FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.106 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e1fc',
    500: '#72d4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4fa;
$custom-light: #a4e1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82433,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4FA

secondary

#D6663B

accent

#4000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4FA

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

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