#72DAFD#72DAFD

#72DAFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.108 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAFD
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 253)
HSL	hsl(195, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -20.69, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 33.44, 231.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0797 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.108 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7336, 60.8075, 102.0256)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAFD #FD9572

analogous

#72FDDB #72DAFD #7295FD

triadic

#72DAFD #FD72DA #DAFD72

tetradic

#72DAFD #DB72FD #FD9572 #95FD72

square

#72DAFD #DB72FD #FD9572 #95FD72

split-complementary

#72DAFD #FD7295 #FDDB72

monochromatic

#03B5F1 #36CAFC #72DAFD #AEEAFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#72DAFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#72DAFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAFD

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAFD	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dafd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.108 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5fe',
    500: '#72dafd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dafd;
$custom-light: #a4e5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dafd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.108,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83889,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAFD

secondary

#D9623A

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAFD

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

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