#72DCF8#72DCF8

#72DCF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.105 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCF8
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 248)
HSL	hsl(193, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 11.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -23.09, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 32.61, 224.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0837 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.105 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4693, 61.5366, 98.0595)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCF8 #F88E72

analogous

#72F8D1 #72DCF8 #7299F8

triadic

#72DCF8 #F872DC #DCF872

tetradic

#72DCF8 #D172F8 #F88E72 #99F872

square

#72DCF8 #D172F8 #F88E72 #99F872

split-complementary

#72DCF8 #F87299 #F8D172

monochromatic

#0BB7E4 #38CEF5 #72DCF8 #ACEAFB #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DCF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#72DCF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCF8

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCF8	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C7F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.105 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7fa',
    500: '#72dcf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcf8;
$custom-light: #a4e7fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84145,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCF8

secondary

#D35B3B

accent

#3000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCF8

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

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