#72DCF5#72DCF5

#72DCF5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.104 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCF5
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 245)
HSL	hsl(191, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -23.92, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 32.22, 222.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.0849 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.104 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0076, 61.3519, 95.6280)
Luminance	0.6136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCF5 #F58B72

analogous

#72F5CC #72DCF5 #729BF5

triadic

#72DCF5 #F572DC #DCF572

tetradic

#72DCF5 #CC72F5 #F58B72 #9BF572

square

#72DCF5 #CC72F5 #F58B72 #9BF572

split-complementary

#72DCF5 #F5729B #F5CC72

monochromatic

#10B6DD #39CEF1 #72DCF5 #ABEAF9 #E2F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#72DCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCF5

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCF5	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)

#CAD6F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C7F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.104 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7f8',
    500: '#72dcf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcf5;
$custom-light: #a4e7f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84034,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCF5

secondary

#CF583C

accent

#2D02E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCF5

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

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