#72C0FC#72C0FC

#72C0FC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.116 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0FC
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 252)
HSL	hsl(206, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -7.42, -36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 37.65, 258.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0521 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.116 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3534, 48.3012, 99.1150)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0FC #FCAE72

analogous

#72FCF3 #72C0FC #727BFC

triadic

#72C0FC #FC72C0 #C0FC72

tetradic

#72C0FC #F372FC #FCAE72 #7BFC72

square

#72C0FC #F372FC #FCAE72 #7BFC72

split-complementary

#72C0FC #FC727B #FCF372

monochromatic

#0589EF #36A5FB #72C0FC #AEDBFD #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C0FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#72C0FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0FC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0FC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B2FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.116 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2fd',
    500: '#72c0fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0fc;
$custom-light: #a3d2fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78108,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0FC

secondary

#F6E3D3

accent

#6400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0FC

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

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