#72DDF4#72DDF4

#72DDF4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.104 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDF4
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 244)
HSL	hsl(191, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -24.69, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 32.21, 219.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0863 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.104 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1186, 61.8175, 94.9139)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDF4 #F48972

analogous

#72F4CA #72DDF4 #729CF4

triadic

#72DDF4 #F472DD #DDF472

tetradic

#72DDF4 #CA72F4 #F48972 #9CF472

square

#72DDF4 #CA72F4 #F48972 #9CF472

split-complementary

#72DDF4 #F4729C #F4CA72

monochromatic

#11B7DB #39CFF0 #72DDF4 #ABEBF8 #E3F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#72DDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDF4

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDF4	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD7F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.104 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7f7',
    500: '#72ddf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddf4;
$custom-light: #a4e7f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84222,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDF4

secondary

#CE563C

accent

#2B03E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDF4

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

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