#72DFFD#72DFFD

#72DFFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.108 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72DFFD
RGBrgb(114, 223, 253)
HSLhsl(193, 97%, 72%)
HSVhsv(193, 55%, 99%)
CMYKcmyk(54.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LABlab(83.67, -23.19, -24.14)
CIE-LCHlch(83.67, 33.48, 226.14°)
OKLaboklab(85.01% -0.0851 -0.0669)
OKLCHoklch(85.01% 0.108 218.2)
XYZxyz(51.0498, 63.4399, 102.4643)
Luminance0.6344 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72DFFD #FD9072
analogous
#72FDD6 #72DFFD #7299FD
triadic
#72DFFD #FD72DF #DFFD72
tetradic
#72DFFD #D672FD #FD9072 #99FD72
square
#72DFFD #D672FD #FD9072 #99FD72
split-complementary
#72DFFD #FD7299 #FDD672
monochromatic
#03BEF1 #36D1FC #72DFFD #AEEDFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53
#72DFFD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69
#72DFFD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72DFFD
13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72DFFD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72DFFD1.001.5313.6913.69
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.6921.001.001.00
##00000013.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCD9FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7CAFD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E9E8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72dffd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 223, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.108 218.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e9fe',
    500: '#72dffd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72dffd;
$custom-light: #a5e9fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72dffd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.95,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85006,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72DFFD
secondary
#D95C3A
accent
#3200E6
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FCFF
border
#D0D5D7
text
#101617
muted
#818485

Preview Lab

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#72DFFD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva