#72DFF8#72DFF8

#72DFF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.106 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72DFF8
RGB	rgb(114, 223, 248)
HSL	hsl(191, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 10.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -24.58, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 32.82, 221.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0869 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.106 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2637, 63.1254, 98.3243)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72DFF8 #F88B72

analogous

#72F8CE #72DFF8 #729CF8

triadic

#72DFF8 #F872DF #DFF872

tetradic

#72DFF8 #CE72F8 #F88B72 #9CF872

square

#72DFF8 #CE72F8 #F88B72 #9CF872

split-complementary

#72DFF8 #F8729C #F8CE72

monochromatic

#0BBCE4 #38D2F5 #72DFF8 #ACECFB #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#72DFF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#72DFF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DFF8

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72DFF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72DFF8	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD9F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9CAF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72dff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 223, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.106 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e9fa',
    500: '#72dff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72dff8;
$custom-light: #a4e9fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72dff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8482,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72DFF8

secondary

#D3573B

accent

#2B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72DFF8

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

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