#72C0F8#72C0F8

#72C0F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.111 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0F8
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 248)
HSL	hsl(205, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 22.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -8.60, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 36.05, 256.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0534 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.111 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7262, 48.0504, 95.8118)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0F8 #F8AA72

analogous

#72F8ED #72C0F8 #727DF8

triadic

#72C0F8 #F872C0 #C0F872

tetradic

#72C0F8 #ED72F8 #F8AA72 #7DF872

square

#72C0F8 #ED72F8 #F8AA72 #7DF872

split-complementary

#72C0F8 #F8727D #F8ED72

monochromatic

#0B8AE4 #38A6F5 #72C0F8 #ACDAFB #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C0F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#72C0F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0F8

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0F8	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C0FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B2F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ACED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.111 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2fa',
    500: '#72c0f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0f8;
$custom-light: #a3d2fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.075,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0F8

secondary

#F5E0D1

accent

#6000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0F8

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

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