#72C0FB#72C0FB

#72C0FB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0FB
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 251)
HSL	hsl(206, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 23.5%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -7.72, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 37.24, 258.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0524 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.115 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1953, 48.2380, 98.2827)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0FB #FBAD72

analogous

#72FBF1 #72C0FB #727CFB

triadic

#72C0FB #FB72C0 #C0FB72

tetradic

#72C0FB #F172FB #FBAD72 #7CFB72

square

#72C0FB #F172FB #FBAD72 #7CFB72

split-complementary

#72C0FB #FB727C #FBF172

monochromatic

#0789EC #36A5F9 #72C0FB #AEDBFD #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C0FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#72C0FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0FB

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0FB	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C0FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B2FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2fd',
    500: '#72c0fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0fb;
$custom-light: #a3d2fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.839,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78063,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0FB

secondary

#F6E2D3

accent

#6300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0FB

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

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