#72C0FE#72C0FE

#72C0FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.118 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0FE
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 254)
HSL	hsl(207, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -6.82, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 38.47, 259.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0515 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.118 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6720, 48.4287, 100.7930)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0FE #FEB072

analogous

#72FEF6 #72C0FE #727AFE

triadic

#72C0FE #FE72C0 #C0FE72

tetradic

#72C0FE #F672FE #FEB072 #7AFE72

square

#72C0FE #F672FE #FEB072 #7AFE72

split-complementary

#72C0FE #FE727A #FEF672

monochromatic

#0289F4 #35A5FE #72C0FE #AFDBFE #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C0FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#72C0FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0FE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0FE	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.118 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d2ff',
    500: '#72c0fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0fe;
$custom-light: #a4d2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.571,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78197,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0FE

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0FE

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

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