#72D9FA#72D9FA

#72D9FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.106 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9FA
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 250)
HSL	hsl(195, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -21.03, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 32.87, 230.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0798 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.106 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0009, 60.1008, 99.4423)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9FA #FA9372

analogous

#72FAD7 #72D9FA #7295FA

triadic

#72D9FA #FA72D9 #D9FA72

tetradic

#72D9FA #D772FA #FA9372 #95FA72

square

#72D9FA #D772FA #FA9372 #95FA72

split-complementary

#72D9FA #FA7295 #FAD772

monochromatic

#08B3E9 #37C9F8 #72D9FA #ADE9FC #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72D9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#72D9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9FA

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9FA	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D4FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.106 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4fc',
    500: '#72d9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9fa;
$custom-light: #a4e4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.559,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83549,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9FA

secondary

#D6603B

accent

#3800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9FA

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

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