#72D5F8#72D5F8

#72D5F8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.105 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5F8
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 248)
HSL	hsl(196, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 14.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -19.57, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 32.55, 233.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0762 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.105 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6704, 57.9389, 97.4599)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5F8 #F89572

analogous

#72F8D8 #72D5F8 #7292F8

triadic

#72D5F8 #F872D5 #D5F872

tetradic

#72D5F8 #D872F8 #F89572 #92F872

square

#72D5F8 #D872F8 #F89572 #92F872

split-complementary

#72D5F8 #F87292 #F8D872

monochromatic

#0BACE4 #38C4F5 #72D5F8 #ACE6FB #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#72D5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5F8

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5F8	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D1FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC2F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.105 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2fa',
    500: '#72d5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5f8;
$custom-light: #a4e2fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82578,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5F8

secondary

#D3633B

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5F8

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

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