#72DAF6#72DAF6

#72DAF6 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.104 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAF6
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 246)
HSL	hsl(193, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -22.65, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 32.22, 225.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0824 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.104 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6389, 60.3696, 96.2602)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAF6 #F68E72

analogous

#72F6D0 #72DAF6 #7298F6

triadic

#72DAF6 #F672DA #DAF672

tetradic

#72DAF6 #D072F6 #F68E72 #98F672

square

#72DAF6 #D072F6 #F68E72 #98F672

split-complementary

#72DAF6 #F67298 #F6D072

monochromatic

#0EB3DF #38CBF2 #72DAF6 #ACE9FA #E2F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#72DAF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#72DAF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAF6

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAF6	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D5F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C6F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.104 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5f9',
    500: '#72daf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daf6;
$custom-light: #a4e5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83621,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAF6

secondary

#D15B3C

accent

#3101E5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAF6

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

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