#72DDFF#72DDFF

#72DDFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.109 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DDFF
RGB	rgb(114, 221, 255)
HSL	hsl(194, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -21.63, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 33.78, 230.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0822 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.109 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8389, 62.5056, 103.9740)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DDFF #FF9472

analogous

#72FFDA #72DDFF #7297FF

triadic

#72DDFF #FF72DD #DDFF72

tetradic

#72DDFF #DA72FF #FF9472 #97FF72

square

#72DDFF #DA72FF #FF9472 #97FF72

split-complementary

#72DDFF #FF7297 #FFDA72

monochromatic

#00BBF7 #35CEFF #72DDFF #AFECFF #E0F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#72DDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#72DDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DDFF

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DDFF	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C8FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ddff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 221, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.109 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e7ff',
    500: '#72ddff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ddff;
$custom-light: #a5e7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ddff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84635,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DDFF

secondary

#DC6039

accent

#3700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DDFF

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

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