#72D5F9#72D5F9

#72D5F9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.106 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5F9
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 249)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -19.29, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 32.77, 233.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0759 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.106 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8260, 58.0011, 98.2791)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5F9 #F99672

analogous

#72F9D9 #72D5F9 #7291F9

triadic

#72D5F9 #F972D5 #D5F972

tetradic

#72D5F9 #D972F9 #F99672 #91F972

square

#72D5F9 #D972F9 #F99672 #91F972

split-complementary

#72D5F9 #F97291 #F9D972

monochromatic

#0AACE7 #37C4F7 #72D5F9 #ADE6FB #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#72D5F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#72D5F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5F9

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5F9	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC2F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.106 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2fb',
    500: '#72d5f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5f9;
$custom-light: #a4e2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82617,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5F9

secondary

#D4643B

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5F9

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

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