#72D8FC#72D8FC

#72D8FC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.107 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8FC
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 252)
HSL	hsl(196, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -19.96, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 33.29, 233.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.078 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.108 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0592, 59.7129, 101.0170)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8FC #FC9672

analogous

#72FCDB #72D8FC #7293FC

triadic

#72D8FC #FC72D8 #D8FC72

tetradic

#72D8FC #DB72FC #FC9672 #93FC72

square

#72D8FC #DB72FC #FC9672 #93FC72

split-complementary

#72D8FC #FC7293 #FCDB72

monochromatic

#05B2EF #36C7FB #72D8FC #AEE9FD #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72D8FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#72D8FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8FC

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8FC	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D4FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC4FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.107 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4fd',
    500: '#72d8fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8fc;
$custom-light: #a4e4fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83403,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8FC

secondary

#D8633A

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8FC

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

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