#72D7FF#72D7FF

#72D7FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.110 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D7FF
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -18.60, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 34.04, 236.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0758 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.11 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2829, 59.3938, 103.4553)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D7FF #FF9A72

analogous

#72FFE0 #72D7FF #7291FF

triadic

#72D7FF #FF72D7 #D7FF72

tetradic

#72D7FF #E072FF #FF9A72 #91FF72

square

#72D7FF #E072FF #FF9A72 #91FF72

split-complementary

#72D7FF #FF7291 #FFE072

monochromatic

#00B1F7 #35C6FF #72D7FF #AFE8FF #E0F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72D7FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#72D7FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D7FF

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D7FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D7FF	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC4FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d7ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.110 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e3ff',
    500: '#72d7ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d7ff;
$custom-light: #a4e3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d7ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83299,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D7FF

secondary

#DC6739

accent

#4100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D7FF

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

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