#72DEF9#72DEF9

#72DEF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.106 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEF9
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 249)
HSL	hsl(192, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.26, -23.81, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.26, 32.86, 223.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0855 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.106 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1529, 62.6549, 99.0548)
Luminance	0.6266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEF9 #F98D72

analogous

#72F9D0 #72DEF9 #729AF9

triadic

#72DEF9 #F972DE #DEF972

tetradic

#72DEF9 #D072F9 #F98D72 #9AF972

square

#72DEF9 #D072F9 #F98D72 #9AF972

split-complementary

#72DEF9 #F9729A #F9D072

monochromatic

#0ABBE7 #37D0F7 #72DEF9 #ADECFB #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#72DEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#72DEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEF9

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEF9	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD8FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C9F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72def9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.106 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e8fb',
    500: '#72def9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72def9;
$custom-light: #a4e8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72def9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84632,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEF9

secondary

#D45A3B

accent

#2E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEF9

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

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