#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
RGBrgb(114, 192, 248)
HSLhsl(205, 91%, 71%)
HSVhsv(205, 54%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 22.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.86, -8.60, -35.00)
CIE-LCHlch(74.86, 36.05, 256.19°)
OKLaboklab(77.93% -0.0534 -0.0979)
OKLCHoklch(77.93% 0.111 241.4)
XYZxyz(42.7262, 48.0504, 95.8118)
Luminance0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##72C0F81.001.9810.6110.61
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6121.001.001.00
##00000010.6121.001.001.00

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

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#72C0F8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva