#72E4FE#72E4FE

#72E4FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.109 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E4FE
RGB	rgb(114, 228, 254)
HSL	hsl(191, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -25.39, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 33.92, 221.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.09 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.109 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5651, 66.2150, 103.7573)
Luminance	0.6622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E4FE #FE8C72

analogous

#72FED2 #72E4FE #729EFE

triadic

#72E4FE #FE72E4 #E4FE72

tetradic

#72E4FE #D272FE #FE8C72 #9EFE72

square

#72E4FE #D272FE #FE8C72 #9EFE72

split-complementary

#72E4FE #FE729E #FED272

monochromatic

#02C7F4 #35D8FE #72E4FE #AFF0FE #E1F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#72E4FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#72E4FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E4FE

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E4FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E4FE	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1DEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCCEFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e4fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 228, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.109 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ecfe',
    500: '#72e4fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e4fe;
$custom-light: #a5ecfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e4fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.143,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86164,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E4FE

secondary

#DB5739

accent

#2B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E4FE

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

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