#72DAF9#72DAF9

#72DAF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.106 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAF9
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 249)
HSL	hsl(194, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -21.81, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 32.70, 228.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0812 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.106 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1031, 60.5553, 98.7048)
Luminance	0.6056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAF9 #F99172

analogous

#72F9D4 #72DAF9 #7296F9

triadic

#72DAF9 #F972DA #DAF972

tetradic

#72DAF9 #D472F9 #F99172 #96F972

square

#72DAF9 #D472F9 #F99172 #96F972

split-complementary

#72DAF9 #F97296 #F9D472

monochromatic

#0AB4E7 #37CBF7 #72DAF9 #ADE9FB #E2F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DAF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#72DAF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAF9

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAF9	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D5FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C6F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.106 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5fb',
    500: '#72daf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daf9;
$custom-light: #a4e5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.778,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83735,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAF9

secondary

#D45E3B

accent

#3500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAF9

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

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