#72DAF8#72DAF8

#72DAF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.105 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAF8
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 248)
HSL	hsl(193, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 12.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -22.09, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 32.53, 227.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0816 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.105 219)
XYZ	xyz(48.9475, 60.4931, 97.8856)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAF8 #F89072

analogous

#72F8D3 #72DAF8 #7297F8

triadic

#72DAF8 #F872DA #DAF872

tetradic

#72DAF8 #D372F8 #F89072 #97F872

square

#72DAF8 #D372F8 #F89072 #97F872

split-complementary

#72DAF8 #F87297 #F8D372

monochromatic

#0BB4E4 #38CBF5 #72DAF8 #ACE9FB #E2F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#72DAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAF8

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAF8	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D5FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C6F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.105 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5fa',
    500: '#72daf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daf8;
$custom-light: #a4e5fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.433,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83697,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.60498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAF8

secondary

#D35D3B

accent

#3300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAF8

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

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