#72DEFF#72DEFF

#72DEFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.109 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DEFF
RGB	rgb(114, 222, 255)
HSL	hsl(194, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -22.14, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 33.78, 229.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0833 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.109 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1037, 63.0352, 104.0622)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DEFF #FF9372

analogous

#72FFDA #72DEFF #7297FF

triadic

#72DEFF #FF72DE #DEFF72

tetradic

#72DEFF #DA72FF #FF9372 #97FF72

square

#72DEFF #DA72FF #FF9372 #97FF72

split-complementary

#72DEFF #FF7297 #FFDA72

monochromatic

#00BDF7 #35D0FF #72DEFF #AFECFF #E0F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#72DEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#72DEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DEFF

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DEFF	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72deff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 222, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.109 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e8ff',
    500: '#72deff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72deff;
$custom-light: #a5e8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72deff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84859,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DEFF

secondary

#DC5F39

accent

#3600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DEFF

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

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