#72D5FC#72D5FC

#72D5FC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.108 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5FC
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 252)
HSL	hsl(197, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -18.44, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 33.46, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0748 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.108 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2976, 58.1898, 100.7631)
Luminance	0.5819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5FC #FC9972

analogous

#72FCDE #72D5FC #7290FC

triadic

#72D5FC #FC72D5 #D5FC72

tetradic

#72D5FC #DE72FC #FC9972 #90FC72

square

#72D5FC #DE72FC #FC9972 #90FC72

split-complementary

#72D5FC #FC7290 #FCDE72

monochromatic

#05ADEF #36C3FB #72D5FC #AEE7FD #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72D5FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#72D5FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5FC

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5FC	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D1FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC2FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.108 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2fd',
    500: '#72d5fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5fc;
$custom-light: #a4e2fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82735,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5FC

secondary

#D8673A

accent

#4100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5FC

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

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