#72D7FD#72D7FD

#72D7FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.108 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7FD
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 15%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -19.17, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 33.56, 235.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0766 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.108 225)
XYZ	xyz(48.9627, 59.2657, 101.7686)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7FD #FD9872

analogous

#72FDDE #72D7FD #7292FD

triadic

#72D7FD #FD72D7 #D7FD72

tetradic

#72D7FD #DE72FD #FD9872 #92FD72

square

#72D7FD #DE72FD #FD9872 #92FD72

split-complementary

#72D7FD #FD7292 #FDDE72

monochromatic

#03B0F1 #36C6FC #72D7FD #AEE8FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72D7FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#72D7FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7FD

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7FD	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2D3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC4FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.108 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e3fe',
    500: '#72d7fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7fd;
$custom-light: #a4e3fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8322,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.5927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7FD

secondary

#D9653A

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7FD

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

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