#72D6F9#72D6F9

#72D6F9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.106 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6F9
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 249)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -19.80, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 32.73, 232.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0769 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.106 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0783, 58.5057, 98.3632)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6F9 #F99572

analogous

#72F9D9 #72D6F9 #7292F9

triadic

#72D6F9 #F972D6 #D6F972

tetradic

#72D6F9 #D972F9 #F99572 #92F972

square

#72D6F9 #D972F9 #F99572 #92F972

split-complementary

#72D6F9 #F97292 #F9D972

monochromatic

#0AADE7 #37C5F7 #72D6F9 #ADE7FB #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#72D6F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#72D6F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6F9

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6F9	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2D2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC3F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.106 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2fb',
    500: '#72d6f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6f9;
$custom-light: #a4e2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8284,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6F9

secondary

#D4633B

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6F9

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

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