#72DAF4#72DAF4

#72DAF4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.103 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAF4
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 244)
HSL	hsl(192, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(192, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -23.20, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 31.95, 223.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0831 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.103 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3336, 60.2475, 94.6522)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAF4 #F48C72

analogous

#72F4CD #72DAF4 #7299F4

triadic

#72DAF4 #F472DA #DAF472

tetradic

#72DAF4 #CD72F4 #F48C72 #99F472

square

#72DAF4 #CD72F4 #F48C72 #99F472

split-complementary

#72DAF4 #F47299 #F4CD72

monochromatic

#11B2DB #39CBF0 #72DAF4 #ABE9F8 #E3F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DAF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#72DAF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAF4

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAF4	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)

#C8D4F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C5F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.103 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5f7',
    500: '#72daf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daf4;
$custom-light: #a4e5f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83546,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAF4

secondary

#CE593C

accent

#3003E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAF4

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

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