#72D8FF#72D8FF

#72D8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.110 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D8FF
RGB	rgb(114, 216, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -19.11, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 33.96, 235.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0769 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.11 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5384, 59.9046, 103.5405)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D8FF #FF9972

analogous

#72FFE0 #72D8FF #7291FF

triadic

#72D8FF #FF72D8 #D8FF72

tetradic

#72D8FF #E072FF #FF9972 #91FF72

square

#72D8FF #E072FF #FF9972 #91FF72

split-complementary

#72D8FF #FF7291 #FFE072

monochromatic

#00B2F7 #35C7FF #72D8FF #AFE9FF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72D8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#72D8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D8FF

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D8FF	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC5FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 216, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.110 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e4ff',
    500: '#72d8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d8ff;
$custom-light: #a5e4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83521,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D8FF

secondary

#DC6639

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D8FF

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

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