#72D9FB#72D9FB

#72D9FB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.107 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9FB
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 251)
HSL	hsl(195, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -20.75, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 33.06, 231.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0794 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.107 222)
XYZ	xyz(49.1581, 60.1636, 100.2703)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9FB #FB9472

analogous

#72FBD9 #72D9FB #7295FB

triadic

#72D9FB #FB72D9 #D9FB72

tetradic

#72D9FB #D972FB #FB9472 #95FB72

square

#72D9FB #D972FB #FB9472 #95FB72

split-complementary

#72D9FB #FB7295 #FBD972

monochromatic

#07B3EC #36C9F9 #72D9FB #AEE9FD #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72D9FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#72D9FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9FB

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9FB	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D4FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C5FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.107 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4fc',
    500: '#72d9fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9fb;
$custom-light: #a4e4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.891,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83588,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.60168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9FB

secondary

#D7613A

accent

#3900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9FB

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

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