#72DCF3#72DCF3

#72DCF3 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.103 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCF3
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 243)
HSL	hsl(191, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -24.47, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 32.00, 220.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0856 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.103 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7039, 61.2304, 94.0287)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCF3 #F38972

analogous

#72F3CA #72DCF3 #729BF3

triadic

#72DCF3 #F372DC #DCF372

tetradic

#72DCF3 #CA72F3 #F38972 #9BF372

square

#72DCF3 #CA72F3 #F38972 #9BF372

split-complementary

#72DCF3 #F3729B #F3CA72

monochromatic

#12B5D8 #3ACEEE #72DCF3 #AAEAF8 #E3F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#72DCF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#72DCF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCF3

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCF3	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD6F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C7F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.103 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7f7',
    500: '#72dcf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcf3;
$custom-light: #a4e7f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8396,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCF3

secondary

#CD563C

accent

#2C05E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCF3

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

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