#72DCFF#72DCFF

#72DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.109 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DCFF
RGB	rgb(114, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -21.13, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 33.79, 231.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0811 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.109 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5756, 61.9791, 103.8862)
Luminance	0.6198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DCFF #FF9572

analogous

#72FFDC #72DCFF #7295FF

triadic

#72DCFF #FF72DC #DCFF72

tetradic

#72DCFF #DC72FF #FF9572 #95FF72

square

#72DCFF #DC72FF #FF9572 #95FF72

split-complementary

#72DCFF #FF7295 #FFDC72

monochromatic

#00B9F7 #35CDFF #72DCFF #AFEBFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#72DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DCFF

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DCFF	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C8FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.109 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e7ff',
    500: '#72dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dcff;
$custom-light: #a5e7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84412,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DCFF

secondary

#DC6239

accent

#3900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DCFF

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

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