#72DAFC#72DAFC

#72DAFC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.107 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAFC
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 252)
HSL	hsl(195, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -20.97, -25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 33.24, 230.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0801 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.107 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5747, 60.7439, 101.1888)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAFC #FC9472

analogous

#72FCD9 #72DAFC #7295FC

triadic

#72DAFC #FC72DA #DAFC72

tetradic

#72DAFC #D972FC #FC9472 #95FC72

square

#72DAFC #D972FC #FC9472 #95FC72

split-complementary

#72DAFC #FC7295 #FCD972

monochromatic

#05B5EF #36CAFB #72DAFC #AEEAFD #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DAFC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#72DAFC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAFC

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAFC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAFC	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D5FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dafc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.107 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5fd',
    500: '#72dafc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dafc;
$custom-light: #a4e5fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dafc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8385,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAFC

secondary

#D8613A

accent

#3900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAFC

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

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