#72DAFF#72DAFF

#72DAFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.109 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DAFF
RGB	rgb(114, 218, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -20.12, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 33.85, 233.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.079 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.109 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0539, 60.9356, 103.7123)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DAFF #FF9772

analogous

#72FFDE #72DAFF #7293FF

triadic

#72DAFF #FF72DA #DAFF72

tetradic

#72DAFF #DE72FF #FF9772 #93FF72

square

#72DAFF #DE72FF #FF9772 #93FF72

split-complementary

#72DAFF #FF7293 #FFDE72

monochromatic

#00B6F7 #35CAFF #72DAFF #AFEAFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#72DAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DAFF

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DAFF	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C6FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72daff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 218, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.109 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e5ff',
    500: '#72daff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72daff;
$custom-light: #a5e5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72daff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83966,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DAFF

secondary

#DC6439

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DAFF

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

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