#72DDF8#72DDF8

#72DDF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.105 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDF8
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 248)
HSL	hsl(192, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 10.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -23.59, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 32.67, 223.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0848 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.105 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7325, 62.0630, 98.1473)
Luminance	0.6207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDF8 #F88D72

analogous

#72F8D0 #72DDF8 #729AF8

triadic

#72DDF8 #F872DD #DDF872

tetradic

#72DDF8 #D072F8 #F88D72 #9AF872

square

#72DDF8 #D072F8 #F88D72 #9AF872

split-complementary

#72DDF8 #F8729A #F8D072

monochromatic

#0BB9E4 #38CFF5 #72DDF8 #ACEBFB #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#72DDF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#72DDF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDF8

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDF8	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD7FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.105 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7fa',
    500: '#72ddf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddf8;
$custom-light: #a4e7fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.09,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8437,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDF8

secondary

#D35A3B

accent

#2E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDF8

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

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