#72DDFE#72DDFE

#72DDFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.109 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDFE
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 254)
HSL	hsl(194, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 13%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.15, -21.92, -25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.15, 33.60, 229.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0826 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.109 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6783, 62.4414, 103.1284)
Luminance	0.6245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDFE #FE9372

analogous

#72FED9 #72DDFE #7297FE

triadic

#72DDFE #FE72DD #DDFE72

tetradic

#72DDFE #D972FE #FE9372 #97FE72

square

#72DDFE #D972FE #FE9372 #97FE72

split-complementary

#72DDFE #FE7297 #FED972

monochromatic

#02BBF4 #35CEFE #72DDFE #AFECFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#72DDFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#72DDFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDFE

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDFE	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.109 220.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.143,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84597,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDFE

secondary

#DB5F39

accent

#3600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDFE

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

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