#72D6FF#72D6FF

#72D6FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.110 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D6FF
RGB	rgb(114, 214, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -18.09, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 34.12, 237.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0748 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.11 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0291, 58.8861, 103.3707)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D6FF #FF9B72

analogous

#72FFE2 #72D6FF #728FFF

triadic

#72D6FF #FF72D6 #D6FF72

tetradic

#72D6FF #E272FF #FF9B72 #8FFF72

square

#72D6FF #E272FF #FF9B72 #8FFF72

split-complementary

#72D6FF #FF728F #FFE272

monochromatic

#00AFF7 #35C4FF #72D6FF #AFE8FF #E0F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72D6FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#72D6FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D6FF

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D6FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D6FF	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC3FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d6ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 214, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.110 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2ff',
    500: '#72d6ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d6ff;
$custom-light: #a4e2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d6ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.447,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83077,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D6FF

secondary

#DC6939

accent

#4300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D6FF

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

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