#72D5FE#72D5FE

#72D5FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.109 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D5FE
RGB	rgb(114, 213, 254)
HSL	hsl(198, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 16.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -17.87, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 33.96, 238.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0741 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.109 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6162, 58.3172, 102.4411)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D5FE #FE9B72

analogous

#72FEE1 #72D5FE #728FFE

triadic

#72D5FE #FE72D5 #D5FE72

tetradic

#72D5FE #E172FE #FE9B72 #8FFE72

square

#72D5FE #E172FE #FE9B72 #8FFE72

split-complementary

#72D5FE #FE728F #FEE172

monochromatic

#02ADF4 #35C3FE #72D5FE #AFE7FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72D5FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#72D5FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D5FE

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D5FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D5FE	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFD1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC2FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d5fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 213, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.109 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2fe',
    500: '#72d5fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d5fe;
$custom-light: #a4e2fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d5fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.571,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82815,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D5FE

secondary

#DB6939

accent

#4300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D5FE

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

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