#72DAFA#72DAFA

#72DAFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.106 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAFA
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 250)
HSL	hsl(194, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -21.53, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 32.87, 229.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0809 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.106 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2595, 60.6178, 99.5284)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAFA #FA9272

analogous

#72FAD6 #72DAFA #7296FA

triadic

#72DAFA #FA72DA #DAFA72

tetradic

#72DAFA #D672FA #FA9272 #96FA72

square

#72DAFA #D672FA #FA9272 #96FA72

split-complementary

#72DAFA #FA7296 #FAD672

monochromatic

#08B4E9 #37CAF8 #72DAFA #ADEAFC #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#72DAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAFA

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAFA	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D5FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C6FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.106 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5fc',
    500: '#72dafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dafa;
$custom-light: #a4e5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83773,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAFA

secondary

#D65F3B

accent

#3600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAFA

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

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