#72E3FF#72E3FF

#72E3FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.110 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E3FF
RGB	rgb(114, 227, 255)
HSL	hsl(192, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 11%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -24.62, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 33.96, 223.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0885 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.11 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4514, 65.7306, 104.5115)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E3FF #FF8E72

analogous

#72FFD5 #72E3FF #729CFF

triadic

#72E3FF #FF72E3 #E3FF72

tetradic

#72E3FF #D572FF #FF8E72 #9CFF72

square

#72E3FF #D572FF #FF8E72 #9CFF72

split-complementary

#72E3FF #FF729C #FFD572

monochromatic

#00C6F7 #35D7FF #72E3FF #AFEFFF #E0F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#72E3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#72E3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E3FF

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E3FF	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0DDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBCDFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 227, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.110 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ecff',
    500: '#72e3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e3ff;
$custom-light: #a5ecff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.915,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85977,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E3FF

secondary

#DC5939

accent

#2E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E3FF

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

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