#72D8F7#72D8F7

#72D8F7 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.104 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8F7
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 247)
HSL	hsl(194, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -21.37, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 32.32, 228.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0798 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.104 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2773, 59.4002, 96.8989)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8F7 #F79172

analogous

#72F7D3 #72D8F7 #7295F7

triadic

#72D8F7 #F772D8 #D8F772

tetradic

#72D8F7 #D372F7 #F79172 #95F772

square

#72D8F7 #D372F7 #F79172 #95F772

split-complementary

#72D8F7 #F77295 #F7D372

monochromatic

#0DB0E2 #38C8F4 #72D8F7 #ACE8FA #E2F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72D8F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#72D8F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8F7

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8F7	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)

#C5D3F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C4F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.104 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4fa',
    500: '#72d8f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8f7;
$custom-light: #a4e4fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8321,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8F7

secondary

#D25E3B

accent

#3500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8F7

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

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