#72DDFA#72DDFA

#72DDFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.106 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDFA
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 250)
HSL	hsl(193, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -23.03, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 32.95, 225.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0841 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.106 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0444, 62.1878, 99.7901)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDFA #FA8F72

analogous

#72FAD3 #72DDFA #7299FA

triadic

#72DDFA #FA72DD #DDFA72

tetradic

#72DDFA #D372FA #FA8F72 #99FA72

square

#72DDFA #D372FA #FA8F72 #99FA72

split-complementary

#72DDFA #FA7299 #FAD372

monochromatic

#08B9E9 #37CFF8 #72DDFA #ADEBFC #E1F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#72DDFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#72DDFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDFA

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDFA	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.106 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e7fc',
    500: '#72ddfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddfa;
$custom-light: #a4e7fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.794,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84445,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDFA

secondary

#D65C3B

accent

#3100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDFA

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

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