#72DBF8#72DBF8

#72DBF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.105 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBF8
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 248)
HSL	hsl(193, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 11.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -22.59, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 32.56, 226.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0827 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.105 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2076, 61.0132, 97.9723)
Luminance	0.6102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBF8 #F88F72

analogous

#72F8D2 #72DBF8 #7298F8

triadic

#72DBF8 #F872DB #DBF872

tetradic

#72DBF8 #D272F8 #F88F72 #98F872

square

#72DBF8 #D272F8 #F88F72 #98F872

split-complementary

#72DBF8 #F87298 #F8D272

monochromatic

#0BB5E4 #38CCF5 #72DBF8 #ACEAFB #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DBF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#72DBF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBF8

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBF8	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C7F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.105 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e6fa',
    500: '#72dbf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbf8;
$custom-light: #a4e6fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.985,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83921,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBF8

secondary

#D35C3B

accent

#3200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBF8

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

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