#72D7FE#72D7FE

#72D7FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.109 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7FE
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 254)
HSL	hsl(197, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -18.89, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 33.80, 236.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0762 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.109 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1224, 59.3295, 102.6098)
Luminance	0.5933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7FE #FE9972

analogous

#72FEDF #72D7FE #7291FE

triadic

#72D7FE #FE72D7 #D7FE72

tetradic

#72D7FE #DF72FE #FE9972 #91FE72

square

#72D7FE #DF72FE #FE9972 #91FE72

split-complementary

#72D7FE #FE7291 #FEDF72

monochromatic

#02B0F4 #35C6FE #72D7FE #AFE8FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72D7FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#72D7FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7FE

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7FE	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2D3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC4FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.109 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e3fe',
    500: '#72d7fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7fe;
$custom-light: #a4e3fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.714,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83259,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7FE

secondary

#DB6639

accent

#4000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7FE

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

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