#72DDFD#72DDFD

#72DDFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.108 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDFD
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 253)
HSL	hsl(194, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -22.20, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 33.43, 228.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0829 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.108 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5186, 62.3775, 102.2872)
Luminance	0.6238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDFD #FD9272

analogous

#72FDD8 #72DDFD #7298FD

triadic

#72DDFD #FD72DD #DDFD72

tetradic

#72DDFD #D872FD #FD9272 #98FD72

square

#72DDFD #D872FD #FD9272 #98FD72

split-complementary

#72DDFD #FD7298 #FDD872

monochromatic

#03BAF1 #36CEFC #72DDFD #AEECFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#72DDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#72DDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDFD

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDFD	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C8FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.108 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e7fe',
    500: '#72ddfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddfd;
$custom-light: #a5e7fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.813,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84559,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDFD

secondary

#D95E3A

accent

#3500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDFD

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

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