#72DDF3#72DDF3

#72DDF3 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.103 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDF3
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 243)
HSL	hsl(190, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -24.96, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 32.11, 218.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0867 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.103 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9672, 61.7569, 94.1164)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDF3 #F38872

analogous

#72F3C9 #72DDF3 #729CF3

triadic

#72DDF3 #F372DD #DDF372

tetradic

#72DDF3 #C972F3 #F38872 #9CF372

square

#72DDF3 #C972F3 #F38872 #9CF372

split-complementary

#72DDF3 #F3729C #F3C972

monochromatic

#12B6D8 #3ACFEE #72DDF3 #AAEBF8 #E3F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DDF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#72DDF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDF3

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDF3	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)

#CCD7F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C8F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.103 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7f7',
    500: '#72ddf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddf3;
$custom-light: #a4e7f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.233,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84185,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDF3

secondary

#CD553C

accent

#2A05E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDF3

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

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