#72C0F6#72C0F6

#72C0F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.109 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C0F6
RGBrgb(114, 192, 246)
HSLhsl(205, 88%, 71%)
HSVhsv(205, 54%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(53.7%, 22%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.78, -9.19, -34.05)
CIE-LCHlch(74.78, 35.27, 254.89°)
OKLaboklab(77.84% -0.054 -0.0951)
OKLCHoklch(77.84% 0.109 240.4)
XYZxyz(42.4175, 47.9269, 94.1864)
Luminance0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C0F6 #F6A872
analogous
#72F6EA #72C0F6 #727EF6
triadic
#72C0F6 #F672C0 #C0F672
tetradic
#72C0F6 #EA72F6 #F6A872 #7EF672
square
#72C0F6 #EA72F6 #F6A872 #7EF672
split-complementary
#72C0F6 #F6727E #F6EA72
monochromatic
#0E8ADF #38A6F2 #72C0F6 #ACDAFA #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#72C0F6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59
#72C0F6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0F6
10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C0F6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C0F61.001.9810.5910.59
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5921.001.001.00
##00000010.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8C0F9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96B2F5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#12CDD2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c0f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.109 240.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2f9',
    500: '#72c0f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c0f6;
$custom-light: #a3d2f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c0f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77844,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C0F6
secondary
#F4DFD0
accent
#5E01E5
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101417
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#72C0F6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva