#72DDF5#72DDF5

#72DDF5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.104 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDF5
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 245)
HSL	hsl(191, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -24.42, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 32.31, 220.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0859 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.104 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2708, 61.8784, 95.7157)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDF5 #F58A72

analogous

#72F5CB #72DDF5 #729CF5

triadic

#72DDF5 #F572DD #DDF572

tetradic

#72DDF5 #CB72F5 #F58A72 #9CF572

square

#72DDF5 #CB72F5 #F58A72 #9CF572

split-complementary

#72DDF5 #F5729C #F5CB72

monochromatic

#10B7DD #39CFF1 #72DDF5 #ABEBF9 #E2F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#72DDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDF5

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDF5	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)

#CBD7F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.104 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7f8',
    500: '#72ddf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddf5;
$custom-light: #a4e7f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84259,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDF5

secondary

#CF573C

accent

#2B02E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDF5

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

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