#72DEF5#72DEF5

#72DEF5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.104 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEF5
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 245)
HSL	hsl(191, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -24.91, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 32.41, 219.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.087 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.104 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5356, 62.4080, 95.8040)
Luminance	0.6241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEF5 #F58972

analogous

#72F5CA #72DEF5 #729DF5

triadic

#72DEF5 #F572DE #DEF572

tetradic

#72DEF5 #CA72F5 #F58972 #9DF572

square

#72DEF5 #CA72F5 #F58972 #9DF572

split-complementary

#72DEF5 #F5729D #F5CA72

monochromatic

#10B9DD #39D1F1 #72DEF5 #ABEBF9 #E2F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#72DEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#72DEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEF5

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEF5	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)

#CDD8F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C9F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72def5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.104 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e8f8',
    500: '#72def5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72def5;
$custom-light: #a4e8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72def5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.534,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84484,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEF5

secondary

#CF563C

accent

#2A02E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEF5

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

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