#72C1FD#72C1FD

#72C1FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.116 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C1FD
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 253)
HSL	hsl(206, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -7.66, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 37.74, 258.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0529 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.116 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7326, 48.8054, 100.0252)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C1FD #FDAE72

analogous

#72FDF3 #72C1FD #727CFD

triadic

#72C1FD #FD72C1 #C1FD72

tetradic

#72C1FD #F372FD #FDAE72 #7CFD72

square

#72C1FD #F372FD #FDAE72 #7CFD72

split-complementary

#72C1FD #FD727C #FDF372

monochromatic

#038BF1 #36A6FC #72C1FD #AEDCFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72C1FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#72C1FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1FD

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C1FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C1FD	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c1fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.116 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d3fe',
    500: '#72c1fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c1fd;
$custom-light: #a4d3fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c1fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.899,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7837,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C1FD

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1FD

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

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