#72DCFB#72DCFB

#72DCFB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.107 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCFB
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 251)
HSL	hsl(194, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -22.26, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 33.07, 227.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0826 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.107 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.9384, 61.7242, 100.5304)
Luminance	0.6173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCFB #FB9172

analogous

#72FBD6 #72DCFB #7298FB

triadic

#72DCFB #FB72DC #DCFB72

tetradic

#72DCFB #D672FB #FB9172 #98FB72

square

#72DCFB #D672FB #FB9172 #98FB72

split-complementary

#72DCFB #FB7298 #FBD672

monochromatic

#07B8EC #36CDF9 #72DCFB #AEEBFD #E1F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DCFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#72DCFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCFB

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCFB	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D7FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C7FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.107 219.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84259,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCFB

secondary

#D75E3A

accent

#3400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCFB

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

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