#72C1FB#72C1FB

#72C1FB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.114 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C1FB
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 251)
HSL	hsl(205, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 23.1%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -8.25, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 36.94, 257.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0535 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.114 242)
XYZ	xyz(43.4156, 48.6786, 98.3561)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C1FB #FBAC72

analogous

#72FBF0 #72C1FB #727DFB

triadic

#72C1FB #FB72C1 #C1FB72

tetradic

#72C1FB #F072FB #FBAC72 #7DFB72

square

#72C1FB #F072FB #FBAC72 #7DFB72

split-complementary

#72C1FB #FB727D #FBF072

monochromatic

#078BEC #36A7F9 #72C1FB #AEDBFD #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C1FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#72C1FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1FB

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C1FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C1FB	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C1FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B3FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c1fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.114 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d3fd',
    500: '#72c1fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c1fb;
$custom-light: #a3d3fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c1fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.401,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78281,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.48682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C1FB

secondary

#F6E2D3

accent

#6100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1FB

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

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