#72C1FE#72C1FE

#72C1FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.117 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C1FE
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 254)
HSL	hsl(206, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 24%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -7.36, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 38.15, 258.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0526 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.117 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8923, 48.8693, 100.8664)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C1FE #FEAF72

analogous

#72FEF5 #72C1FE #727BFE

triadic

#72C1FE #FE72C1 #C1FE72

tetradic

#72C1FE #F572FE #FEAF72 #7BFE72

square

#72C1FE #F572FE #FEAF72 #7BFE72

split-complementary

#72C1FE #FE727B #FEF572

monochromatic

#028AF4 #35A6FE #72C1FE #AFDCFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72C1FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#72C1FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1FE

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C1FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C1FE	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c1fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.117 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d3ff',
    500: '#72c1fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c1fe;
$custom-light: #a4d3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c1fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78415,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C1FE

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1FE

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

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