#72DEF8#72DEF8

#72DEF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.106 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEF8
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 248)
HSL	hsl(192, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 10.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -24.09, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 32.74, 222.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0859 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.106 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9973, 62.5927, 98.2355)
Luminance	0.6260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEF8 #F88C72

analogous

#72F8CF #72DEF8 #729BF8

triadic

#72DEF8 #F872DE #DEF872

tetradic

#72DEF8 #CF72F8 #F88C72 #9BF872

square

#72DEF8 #CF72F8 #F88C72 #9BF872

split-complementary

#72DEF8 #F8729B #F8CF72

monochromatic

#0BBAE4 #38D0F5 #72DEF8 #ACECFB #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#72DEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#72DEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEF8

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEF8	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD8FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72def8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.106 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e8fa',
    500: '#72def8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72def8;
$custom-light: #a4e8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72def8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.642,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84595,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEF8

secondary

#D3593B

accent

#2D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEF8

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

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