#72C0F2#72C0F2

#72C0F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.105 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C0F2
RGBrgb(114, 192, 242)
HSLhsl(203, 83%, 70%)
HSVhsv(203, 53%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(52.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LABlab(74.63, -10.36, -32.13)
CIE-LCHlch(74.63, 33.76, 252.13°)
OKLaboklab(77.67% -0.0554 -0.0896)
OKLCHoklch(77.67% 0.105 238.3)
XYZxyz(41.8102, 47.6840, 90.9878)
Luminance0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C0F2 #F2A472
analogous
#72F2E4 #72C0F2 #7280F2
triadic
#72C0F2 #F272C0 #C0F272
tetradic
#72C0F2 #E472F2 #F2A472 #80F272
square
#72C0F2 #E472F2 #F2A472 #80F272
split-complementary
#72C0F2 #F27280 #F2E472
monochromatic
#148AD6 #3AA7ED #72C0F2 #AAD9F7 #E2F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#72C0F2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54
#72C0F2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0F2
10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C0F2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C0F21.001.9910.5410.54
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5421.001.001.00
##00000010.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9BFF4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98B2F1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1DCDD1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c0f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.105 238.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d3f6',
    500: '#72c0f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c0f2;
$custom-light: #a2d3f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c0f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.438,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77671,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C0F2
secondary
#F2DCCE
accent
#5B06E0
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FE
border
#CED2D6
text
#101417
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#72C0F2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva