#72DEFE#72DEFE

#72DEFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.109 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEFE
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 254)
HSL	hsl(194, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -22.42, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 33.61, 228.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0836 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.109 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9431, 62.9710, 103.2167)
Luminance	0.6298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEFE #FE9272

analogous

#72FED8 #72DEFE #7298FE

triadic

#72DEFE #FE72DE #DEFE72

tetradic

#72DEFE #D872FE #FE9272 #98FE72

square

#72DEFE #D872FE #FE9272 #98FE72

split-complementary

#72DEFE #FE7298 #FED872

monochromatic

#02BDF4 #35D0FE #72DEFE #AFECFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#72DEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#72DEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEFE

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEFE	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72defe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.109 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e8fe',
    500: '#72defe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72defe;
$custom-light: #a5e8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72defe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8482,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEFE

secondary

#DB5E39

accent

#3400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEFE

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

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