#72C0F5#72C0F5

#72C0F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.108 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0F5
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 245)
HSL	hsl(204, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -9.49, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 34.88, 254.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0544 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.108 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2645, 47.8657, 93.3803)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0F5 #F5A772

analogous

#72F5E9 #72C0F5 #727EF5

triadic

#72C0F5 #F572C0 #C0F572

tetradic

#72C0F5 #E972F5 #F5A772 #7EF572

square

#72C0F5 #E972F5 #F5A772 #7EF572

split-complementary

#72C0F5 #F5727E #F5E972

monochromatic

#108ADD #39A6F1 #72C0F5 #ABDAF9 #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72C0F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#72C0F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0F5

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0F5	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C0F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B2F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15CDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.108 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d3f8',
    500: '#72c0f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0f5;
$custom-light: #a3d3f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.275,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.778,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0F5

secondary

#F3DECF

accent

#5D02E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0F5

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

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