#72D7FC#72D7FC

#72D7FC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.108 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7FC
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 252)
HSL	hsl(196, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -19.46, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 33.34, 234.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0769 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.108 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8038, 59.2021, 100.9318)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7FC #FC9772

analogous

#72FCDC #72D7FC #7292FC

triadic

#72D7FC #FC72D7 #D7FC72

tetradic

#72D7FC #DC72FC #FC9772 #92FC72

square

#72D7FC #DC72FC #FC9772 #92FC72

split-complementary

#72D7FC #FC7292 #FCDC72

monochromatic

#05B0EF #36C6FB #72D7FC #AEE8FD #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#72D7FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#72D7FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7FC

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7FC	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2D3FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC4FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.108 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e3fd',
    500: '#72d7fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7fc;
$custom-light: #a4e3fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83181,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7FC

secondary

#D8643A

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7FC

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

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