#72DCF2#72DCF2

#72DCF2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.102 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCF2
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 242)
HSL	hsl(190, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -24.74, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 31.91, 219.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.086 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.102 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5533, 61.1702, 93.2355)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCF2 #F28872

analogous

#72F2C8 #72DCF2 #729CF2

triadic

#72DCF2 #F272DC #DCF272

tetradic

#72DCF2 #C872F2 #F28872 #9CF272

square

#72DCF2 #C872F2 #F28872 #9CF272

split-complementary

#72DCF2 #F2729C #F2C872

monochromatic

#14B5D6 #3ACEED #72DCF2 #AAEAF7 #E2F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DCF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#72DCF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCF2

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCF2	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD6F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C7F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.102 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7f6',
    500: '#72dcf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcf2;
$custom-light: #a4e7f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83923,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCF2

secondary

#CC553D

accent

#2B06E0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCF2

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

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