#72D9FC#72D9FC

#72D9FC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.107 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D9FC
RGB	rgb(114, 217, 252)
HSL	hsl(195, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -20.47, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 33.26, 232.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.079 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.107 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3162, 60.2269, 101.1026)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D9FC #FC9572

analogous

#72FCDA #72D9FC #7294FC

triadic

#72D9FC #FC72D9 #D9FC72

tetradic

#72D9FC #DA72FC #FC9572 #94FC72

square

#72D9FC #DA72FC #FC9572 #94FC72

split-complementary

#72D9FC #FC7294 #FCDA72

monochromatic

#05B3EF #36C9FB #72D9FC #AEE9FD #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72D9FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#72D9FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D9FC

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D9FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D9FC	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D4FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d9fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 217, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.107 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4fd',
    500: '#72d9fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d9fc;
$custom-light: #a4e4fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d9fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.217,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83627,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D9FC

secondary

#D8623A

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D9FC

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

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