#72E1FA#72E1FA

#72E1FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.107 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E1FA
RGB	rgb(114, 225, 250)
HSL	hsl(191, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 10%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -25.02, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 33.22, 221.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0883 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.107 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1131, 64.3252, 100.1463)
Luminance	0.6433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E1FA #FA8B72

analogous

#72FACF #72E1FA #729DFA

triadic

#72E1FA #FA72E1 #E1FA72

tetradic

#72E1FA #CF72FA #FA8B72 #9DFA72

square

#72E1FA #CF72FA #FA8B72 #9DFA72

split-complementary

#72E1FA #FA729D #FACF72

monochromatic

#08C0E9 #37D4F8 #72E1FA #ADEEFC #E1F9FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#72E1FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#72E1FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E1FA

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E1FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E1FA	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFDBFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BACBFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e1fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 225, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.107 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5eafc',
    500: '#72e1fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e1fa;
$custom-light: #a5eafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e1fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.029,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85343,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E1FA

secondary

#D6573B

accent

#2A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E1FA

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

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