#72DAF2#72DAF2

#72DAF2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.102 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAF2
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 242)
HSL	hsl(191, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 9.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -23.75, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 31.70, 221.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0839 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.102 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0316, 60.1267, 93.0616)
Luminance	0.6013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAF2 #F28A72

analogous

#72F2CA #72DAF2 #729AF2

triadic

#72DAF2 #F272DA #DAF272

tetradic

#72DAF2 #CA72F2 #F28A72 #9AF272

square

#72DAF2 #CA72F2 #F28A72 #9AF272

split-complementary

#72DAF2 #F2729A #F2CA72

monochromatic

#14B1D6 #3ACBED #72DAF2 #AAE9F7 #E2F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DAF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#72DAF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAF2

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAF2	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)

#C9D4F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C5F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.102 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5f6',
    500: '#72daf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daf2;
$custom-light: #a4e5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83472,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAF2

secondary

#CC573D

accent

#2F06E0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAF2

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

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