#72D5F3#72D5F3

#72D5F3 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.102 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5F3
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 243)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -20.97, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 31.58, 228.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0781 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.102 220)
XYZ	xyz(46.9051, 57.6328, 93.4291)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5F3 #F39072

analogous

#72F3D0 #72D5F3 #7295F3

triadic

#72D5F3 #F372D5 #D5F372

tetradic

#72D5F3 #D072F3 #F39072 #95F372

square

#72D5F3 #D072F3 #F39072 #95F372

split-complementary

#72D5F3 #F37295 #F3D072

monochromatic

#12AAD8 #3AC4EE #72D5F3 #AAE6F8 #E3F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#72D5F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#72D5F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5F3

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5F3	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2D0F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC2F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.102 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e2f7',
    500: '#72d5f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5f3;
$custom-light: #a3e2f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82385,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.57637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5F3

secondary

#CD5E3C

accent

#3805E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5F3

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

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