#72D7FA#72D7FA

#72D7FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.106 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7FA
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 250)
HSL	hsl(195, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 14%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -20.02, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 32.91, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0776 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.106 223)
XYZ	xyz(48.4885, 59.0760, 99.2715)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7FA #FA9572

analogous

#72FAD9 #72D7FA #7293FA

triadic

#72D7FA #FA72D7 #D7FA72

tetradic

#72D7FA #D972FA #FA9572 #93FA72

square

#72D7FA #D972FA #FA9572 #93FA72

split-complementary

#72D7FA #FA7293 #FAD972

monochromatic

#08AFE9 #37C6F8 #72D7FA #ADE8FC #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72D7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#72D7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7FA

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7FA	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC4FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.106 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e3fc',
    500: '#72d7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7fa;
$custom-light: #a4e3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.441,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83102,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.5908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7FA

secondary

#D6623B

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7FA

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

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