#72C1FA#72C1FA

#72C1FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.113 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C1FA
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 250)
HSL	hsl(205, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -8.55, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 36.54, 256.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0538 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.113 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2584, 48.6158, 97.5281)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C1FA #FAAB72

analogous

#72FAEF #72C1FA #727DFA

triadic

#72C1FA #FA72C1 #C1FA72

tetradic

#72C1FA #EF72FA #FAAB72 #7DFA72

square

#72C1FA #EF72FA #FAAB72 #7DFA72

split-complementary

#72C1FA #FA727D #FAEF72

monochromatic

#088BE9 #37A7F8 #72C1FA #ADDBFC #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C1FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#72C1FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1FA

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C1FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C1FA	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B3F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c1fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.113 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d3fc',
    500: '#72c1fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c1fa;
$custom-light: #a3d3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c1fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.147,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78237,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C1FA

secondary

#F6E1D2

accent

#6000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1FA

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

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