#72DCFE#72DCFE

#72DCFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.109 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCFE
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 254)
HSL	hsl(195, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -21.41, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 33.60, 230.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0815 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.109 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4151, 61.9149, 103.0407)
Luminance	0.6192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCFE #FE9472

analogous

#72FEDA #72DCFE #7296FE

triadic

#72DCFE #FE72DC #DCFE72

tetradic

#72DCFE #DA72FE #FE9472 #96FE72

square

#72DCFE #DA72FE #FE9472 #96FE72

split-complementary

#72DCFE #FE7296 #FEDA72

monochromatic

#02B9F4 #35CDFE #72DCFE #AFEBFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DCFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#72DCFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCFE

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCFE	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.109 221.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84374,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCFE

secondary

#DB6139

accent

#3800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCFE

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

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