#72DEFA#72DEFA

#72DEFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.107 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEFA
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 250)
HSL	hsl(192, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -23.53, -23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 33.00, 224.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0851 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.107 217)
XYZ	xyz(50.3093, 62.7174, 99.8784)
Luminance	0.6272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEFA #FA8E72

analogous

#72FAD2 #72DEFA #729AFA

triadic

#72DEFA #FA72DE #DEFA72

tetradic

#72DEFA #D272FA #FA8E72 #9AFA72

square

#72DEFA #D272FA #FA8E72 #9AFA72

split-complementary

#72DEFA #FA729A #FAD272

monochromatic

#08BBE9 #37D0F8 #72DEFA #ADECFC #E1F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#72DEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#72DEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEFA

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEFA	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD8FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C9FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72defa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.107 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e8fc',
    500: '#72defa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72defa;
$custom-light: #a4e8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72defa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84669,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.62722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEFA

secondary

#D65A3B

accent

#2F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEFA

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

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