#72C0F7#72C0F7

#72C0F7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.110 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0F7
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 247)
HSL	hsl(205, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -8.90, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 35.65, 255.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0537 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.11 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5714, 47.9885, 94.9969)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0F7 #F7A972

analogous

#72F7EB #72C0F7 #727DF7

triadic

#72C0F7 #F772C0 #C0F772

tetradic

#72C0F7 #EB72F7 #F7A972 #7DF772

square

#72C0F7 #EB72F7 #F7A972 #7DF772

split-complementary

#72C0F7 #F7727D #F7EB72

monochromatic

#0D8AE2 #38A6F4 #72C0F7 #ACDAFA #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C0F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#72C0F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0F7

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0F7	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C0FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B2F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ECED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.110 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2fa',
    500: '#72c0f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0f7;
$custom-light: #a3d2fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.812,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77887,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0F7

secondary

#F4DFD1

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0F7

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

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