#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
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 246)
HSL	hsl(205, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 22%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -9.19, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 35.27, 254.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.054 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.109 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4175, 47.9269, 94.1864)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##72C0F6	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72C0F6

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

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