#72D5FA#72D5FA

#72D5FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.106 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5FA
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 250)
HSL	hsl(196, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -19.01, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 33.00, 234.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0755 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.106 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9824, 58.0637, 99.1028)
Luminance	0.5807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5FA #FA9772

analogous

#72FADB #72D5FA #7291FA

triadic

#72D5FA #FA72D5 #D5FA72

tetradic

#72D5FA #DB72FA #FA9772 #91FA72

square

#72D5FA #DB72FA #FA9772 #91FA72

split-complementary

#72D5FA #FA7291 #FADB72

monochromatic

#08ACE9 #37C3F8 #72D5FA #ADE7FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72D5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#72D5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5FA

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5FA	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC2FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.106 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2fc',
    500: '#72d5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5fa;
$custom-light: #a4e2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82656,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5FA

secondary

#D6653B

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5FA

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

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