#72E3FD#72E3FD

#72E3FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.109 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E3FD
RGB	rgb(114, 227, 253)
HSL	hsl(191, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -25.17, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 33.72, 221.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0893 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.109 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1311, 65.6025, 102.8248)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E3FD #FD8C72

analogous

#72FDD2 #72E3FD #729EFD

triadic

#72E3FD #FD72E3 #E3FD72

tetradic

#72E3FD #D272FD #FD8C72 #9EFD72

square

#72E3FD #D272FD #FD8C72 #9EFD72

split-complementary

#72E3FD #FD729E #FDD272

monochromatic

#03C5F1 #36D7FC #72E3FD #AEEFFE #E1F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#72E3FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#72E3FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E3FD

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E3FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E3FD	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0DDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBCDFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e3fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 227, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.109 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ecfe',
    500: '#72e3fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e3fd;
$custom-light: #a5ecfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e3fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.223,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85903,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E3FD

secondary

#D9583A

accent

#2B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E3FD

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

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