#72E4FF#72E4FF

#72E4FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.110 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E4FF
RGB	rgb(114, 228, 255)
HSL	hsl(191, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -25.11, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 34.03, 222.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0896 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.11 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7257, 66.2792, 104.6029)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E4FF #FF8D72

analogous

#72FFD3 #72E4FF #729EFF

triadic

#72E4FF #FF72E4 #E4FF72

tetradic

#72E4FF #D372FF #FF8D72 #9EFF72

square

#72E4FF #D372FF #FF8D72 #9EFF72

split-complementary

#72E4FF #FF729E #FFD372

monochromatic

#00C7F7 #35D8FF #72E4FF #AFF0FF #E0F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#72E4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#72E4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E4FF

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E4FF	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1DEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCCEFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 228, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.110 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ecff',
    500: '#72e4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e4ff;
$custom-light: #a5ecff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86201,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E4FF

secondary

#DC5839

accent

#2C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E4FF

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

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