#72DCF9#72DCF9

#72DCF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.106 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCF9
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 249)
HSL	hsl(193, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -22.81, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 32.76, 225.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0834 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.106 218)
XYZ	xyz(49.6248, 61.5988, 98.8788)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCF9 #F98F72

analogous

#72F9D2 #72DCF9 #7298F9

triadic

#72DCF9 #F972DC #DCF972

tetradic

#72DCF9 #D272F9 #F98F72 #98F972

square

#72DCF9 #D272F9 #F98F72 #98F972

split-complementary

#72DCF9 #F97298 #F9D272

monochromatic

#0AB7E7 #37CDF7 #72DCF9 #ADEBFB #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#72DCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCF9

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCF9	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C7F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.106 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7fb',
    500: '#72dcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcf9;
$custom-light: #a4e7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.889,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84183,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.61603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCF9

secondary

#D45C3B

accent

#3100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCF9

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

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