#72DCFA#72DCFA

#72DCFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.106 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCFA
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 250)
HSL	hsl(193, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 12%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -22.54, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 32.91, 226.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.083 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.106 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7812, 61.6613, 99.7024)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCFA #FA9072

analogous

#72FAD4 #72DCFA #7298FA

triadic

#72DCFA #FA72DC #DCFA72

tetradic

#72DCFA #D472FA #FA9072 #98FA72

square

#72DCFA #D472FA #FA9072 #98FA72

split-complementary

#72DCFA #FA7298 #FAD472

monochromatic

#08B8E9 #37CDF8 #72DCFA #ADEBFC #E1F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#72DCFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#72DCFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCFA

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCFA	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C7FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.106 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7fc',
    500: '#72dcfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcfa;
$custom-light: #a4e7fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.235,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84221,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCFA

secondary

#D65D3B

accent

#3300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCFA

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

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