#72E5FF#72E5FF

#72E5FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.110 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E5FF
RGB	rgb(114, 229, 255)
HSL	hsl(191, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -25.60, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 34.11, 221.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0906 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.11 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0016, 66.8310, 104.6949)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E5FF #FF8C72

analogous

#72FFD3 #72E5FF #729EFF

triadic

#72E5FF #FF72E5 #E5FF72

tetradic

#72E5FF #D372FF #FF8C72 #9EFF72

square

#72E5FF #D372FF #FF8C72 #9EFF72

split-complementary

#72E5FF #FF729E #FFD372

monochromatic

#00C9F7 #35DAFF #72E5FF #AFF0FF #E0F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#72E5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#72E5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E5FF

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E5FF	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2DFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDCFFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 229, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.110 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5edff',
    500: '#72e5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e5ff;
$custom-light: #a5edff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.064,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86426,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E5FF

secondary

#DC5739

accent

#2A00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101618

muted

#818586

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E5FF

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

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