#72D6FC#72D6FC

#72D6FC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.108 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6FC
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 252)
HSL	hsl(197, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -18.95, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 33.40, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0758 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.108 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5499, 58.6944, 100.8472)
Luminance	0.5870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6FC #FC9872

analogous

#72FCDD #72D6FC #7291FC

triadic

#72D6FC #FC72D6 #D6FC72

tetradic

#72D6FC #DD72FC #FC9872 #91FC72

square

#72D6FC #DD72FC #FC9872 #91FC72

split-complementary

#72D6FC #FC7291 #FCDD72

monochromatic

#05AEEF #36C5FB #72D6FC #AEE7FD #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#72D6FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#72D6FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6FC

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6FC	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D2FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.108 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2fd',
    500: '#72d6fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6fc;
$custom-light: #a4e2fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82958,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6FC

secondary

#D8663A

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6FC

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

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