#72D4FE#72D4FE

#72D4FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.109 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D4FE
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 254)
HSL	hsl(198, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -17.36, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 34.06, 239.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.073 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.109 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3655, 57.8157, 102.3575)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D4FE #FE9C72

analogous

#72FEE2 #72D4FE #728EFE

triadic

#72D4FE #FE72D4 #D4FE72

tetradic

#72D4FE #E272FE #FE9C72 #8EFE72

square

#72D4FE #E272FE #FE9C72 #8EFE72

split-complementary

#72D4FE #FE728E #FEE272

monochromatic

#02ABF4 #35C1FE #72D4FE #AFE7FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D4FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#72D4FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D4FE

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D4FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D4FE	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BED1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d4fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.109 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e1fe',
    500: '#72d4fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d4fe;
$custom-light: #a4e1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d4fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82593,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D4FE

secondary

#DB6A39

accent

#4500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D4FE

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

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