#72D9F5#72D9F5

#72D9F5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.103 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9F5
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 245)
HSL	hsl(193, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -22.43, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 32.03, 225.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0816 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.103 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2273, 59.7913, 95.3679)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9F5 #F58E72

analogous

#72F5CF #72D9F5 #7298F5

triadic

#72D9F5 #F572D9 #D9F572

tetradic

#72D9F5 #CF72F5 #F58E72 #98F572

square

#72D9F5 #CF72F5 #F58E72 #98F572

split-complementary

#72D9F5 #F57298 #F5CF72

monochromatic

#10B1DD #39CAF1 #72D9F5 #ABE8F9 #E2F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#72D9F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#72D9F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9F5

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9F5	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D4F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C5F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.103 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5f8',
    500: '#72d9f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9f5;
$custom-light: #a4e5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.824,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83359,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9F5

secondary

#CF5B3C

accent

#3202E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9F5

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

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