#72DCFD#72DCFD

#72DCFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.108 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCFD
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 253)
HSL	hsl(194, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 13%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -21.70, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 33.42, 229.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0819 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.108 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2554, 61.8510, 102.1995)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCFD #FD9372

analogous

#72FDD9 #72DCFD #7296FD

triadic

#72DCFD #FD72DC #DCFD72

tetradic

#72DCFD #D972FD #FD9372 #96FD72

square

#72DCFD #D972FD #FD9372 #96FD72

split-complementary

#72DCFD #FD7296 #FDD972

monochromatic

#03B9F1 #36CDFC #72DCFD #AEEBFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DCFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#72DCFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCFD

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCFD	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C8FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.108 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e7fe',
    500: '#72dcfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcfd;
$custom-light: #a5e7fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84335,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCFD

secondary

#D9603A

accent

#3600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCFD

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

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