#72D6FE#72D6FE

#72D6FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.109 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6FE
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 254)
HSL	hsl(197, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -18.38, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 33.87, 237.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0751 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.109 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8685, 58.8218, 102.5252)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6FE #FE9A72

analogous

#72FEE0 #72D6FE #7290FE

triadic

#72D6FE #FE72D6 #D6FE72

tetradic

#72D6FE #E072FE #FE9A72 #90FE72

square

#72D6FE #E072FE #FE9A72 #90FE72

split-complementary

#72D6FE #FE7290 #FEE072

monochromatic

#02AFF4 #35C4FE #72D6FE #AFE8FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#72D6FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#72D6FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6FE

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6FE	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC3FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.109 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2fe',
    500: '#72d6fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6fe;
$custom-light: #a4e2fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83037,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6FE

secondary

#DB6839

accent

#4200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6FE

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

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