#72DDF9#72DDF9

#72DDF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.106 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDF9
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 249)
HSL	hsl(192, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -23.31, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 32.80, 224.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0844 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.106 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8881, 62.1253, 98.9665)
Luminance	0.6213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDF9 #F98E72

analogous

#72F9D1 #72DDF9 #7299F9

triadic

#72DDF9 #F972DD #DDF972

tetradic

#72DDF9 #D172F9 #F98E72 #99F972

square

#72DDF9 #D172F9 #F98E72 #99F972

split-complementary

#72DDF9 #F97299 #F9D172

monochromatic

#0AB9E7 #37CFF7 #72DDF9 #ADEBFB #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#72DDF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#72DDF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDF9

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDF9	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C8F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.106 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7fb',
    500: '#72ddf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddf9;
$custom-light: #a4e7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.444,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84407,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDF9

secondary

#D45B3B

accent

#3000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDF9

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

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