#72C0FD#72C0FD

#72C0FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0FD
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 253)
HSL	hsl(206, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -7.12, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 38.06, 259.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0518 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.117 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5122, 48.3648, 99.9518)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0FD #FDAF72

analogous

#72FDF5 #72C0FD #727BFD

triadic

#72C0FD #FD72C0 #C0FD72

tetradic

#72C0FD #F572FD #FDAF72 #7BFD72

square

#72C0FD #F572FD #FDAF72 #7BFD72

split-complementary

#72C0FD #FD727B #FDF572

monochromatic

#0389F1 #36A5FC #72C0FD #AEDBFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C0FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#72C0FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0FD

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0FD	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2fe',
    500: '#72c0fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0fd;
$custom-light: #a3d2fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.331,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78152,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0FD

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0FD

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

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