#72D4FD#72D4FD

#72D4FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.109 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4FD
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 253)
HSL	hsl(198, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -17.64, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 33.80, 238.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0733 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.109 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2058, 57.7518, 101.5163)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4FD #FD9B72

analogous

#72FDE1 #72D4FD #728FFD

triadic

#72D4FD #FD72D4 #D4FD72

tetradic

#72D4FD #E172FD #FD9B72 #8FFD72

square

#72D4FD #E172FD #FD9B72 #8FFD72

split-complementary

#72D4FD #FD728F #FDE172

monochromatic

#03ABF1 #36C2FC #72D4FD #AEE6FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D4FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#72D4FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4FD

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4FD	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BED1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.109 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e1fe',
    500: '#72d4fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4fd;
$custom-light: #a4e1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82553,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4FD

secondary

#D9693A

accent

#4400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4FD

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

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