#72DCF4#72DCF4

#72DCF4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.103 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCF4
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 244)
HSL	hsl(191, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -24.20, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 32.11, 221.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.0853 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.103 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8553, 61.2910, 94.8261)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCF4 #F48A72

analogous

#72F4CB #72DCF4 #729BF4

triadic

#72DCF4 #F472DC #DCF472

tetradic

#72DCF4 #CB72F4 #F48A72 #9BF472

square

#72DCF4 #CB72F4 #F48A72 #9BF472

split-complementary

#72DCF4 #F4729B #F4CB72

monochromatic

#11B5DB #39CEF0 #72DCF4 #ABEAF8 #E3F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DCF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#72DCF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCF4

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCF4	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD6F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C7F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.103 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7f7',
    500: '#72dcf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcf4;
$custom-light: #a4e7f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83997,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCF4

secondary

#CE573C

accent

#2D03E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCF4

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

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