#72DAFE#72DAFE

#72DAFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.109 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAFE
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 254)
HSL	hsl(195, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -20.41, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 33.64, 232.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0794 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.109 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8933, 60.8714, 102.8667)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAFE #FE9672

analogous

#72FEDC #72DAFE #7294FE

triadic

#72DAFE #FE72DA #DAFE72

tetradic

#72DAFE #DC72FE #FE9672 #94FE72

square

#72DAFE #DC72FE #FE9672 #94FE72

split-complementary

#72DAFE #FE7294 #FEDC72

monochromatic

#02B6F4 #35CAFE #72DAFE #AFEAFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#72DAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAFE

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAFE	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C6FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.109 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e5fe',
    500: '#72dafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dafe;
$custom-light: #a5e5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83927,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAFE

secondary

#DB6339

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAFE

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

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