#72D8FA#72D8FA

#72D8FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.106 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8FA
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 250)
HSL	hsl(195, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -20.53, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 32.88, 231.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0787 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.106 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7439, 59.5868, 99.3566)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8FA #FA9472

analogous

#72FAD8 #72D8FA #7294FA

triadic

#72D8FA #FA72D8 #D8FA72

tetradic

#72D8FA #D872FA #FA9472 #94FA72

square

#72D8FA #D872FA #FA9472 #94FA72

split-complementary

#72D8FA #FA7294 #FAD872

monochromatic

#08B1E9 #37C8F8 #72D8FA #ADE8FC #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#72D8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#72D8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8FA

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8FA	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C4FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.106 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4fc',
    500: '#72d8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8fa;
$custom-light: #a4e4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83326,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8FA

secondary

#D6613B

accent

#3900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8FA

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

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