#72D8FE#72D8FE

#72D8FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.109 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8FE
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 254)
HSL	hsl(196, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 15%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -19.40, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 33.73, 234.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0773 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.109 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3778, 59.8404, 102.6949)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8FE #FE9872

analogous

#72FEDE #72D8FE #7292FE

triadic

#72D8FE #FE72D8 #D8FE72

tetradic

#72D8FE #DE72FE #FE9872 #92FE72

square

#72D8FE #DE72FE #FE9872 #92FE72

split-complementary

#72D8FE #FE7292 #FEDE72

monochromatic

#02B2F4 #35C7FE #72D8FE #AFE9FE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72D8FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#72D8FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8FE

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8FE	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC5FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.109 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4fe',
    500: '#72d8fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8fe;
$custom-light: #a4e4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83482,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8FE

secondary

#DB6539

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8FE

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

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