#72DBFF#72DBFF

#72DBFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.109 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DBFF
RGB	rgb(114, 219, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -20.63, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 33.82, 232.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0801 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.109 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3140, 61.4558, 103.7990)
Luminance	0.6146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DBFF #FF9672

analogous

#72FFDC #72DBFF #7295FF

triadic

#72DBFF #FF72DB #DBFF72

tetradic

#72DBFF #DC72FF #FF9672 #95FF72

square

#72DBFF #DC72FF #FF9672 #95FF72

split-complementary

#72DBFF #FF7295 #FFDC72

monochromatic

#00B8F7 #35CBFF #72DBFF #AFEBFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#72DBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DBFF

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DBFF	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C7FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 219, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.109 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e6ff',
    500: '#72dbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dbff;
$custom-light: #a5e6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84189,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DBFF

secondary

#DC6339

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DBFF

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

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