#72DBFD#72DBFD

#72DBFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.108 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBFD
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 253)
HSL	hsl(195, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -21.19, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 33.42, 230.65°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0808 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.108 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9937, 61.3277, 102.1123)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBFD #FD9472

analogous

#72FDD9 #72DBFD #7296FD

triadic

#72DBFD #FD72DB #DBFD72

tetradic

#72DBFD #D972FD #FD9472 #96FD72

square

#72DBFD #D972FD #FD9472 #96FD72

split-complementary

#72DBFD #FD7296 #FDD972

monochromatic

#03B7F1 #36CCFC #72DBFD #AEEAFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DBFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#72DBFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBFD

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBFD	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.108 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e6fe',
    500: '#72dbfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbfd;
$custom-light: #a4e6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.676,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84112,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBFD

secondary

#D9613A

accent

#3800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBFD

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

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