#72C2F2#72C2F2

#72C2F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.104 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2F2
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 242)
HSL	hsl(203, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -11.43, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 33.29, 249.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0576 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.104 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2523, 48.5682, 91.1352)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2F2 #F2A272

analogous

#72F2E2 #72C2F2 #7282F2

triadic

#72C2F2 #F272C2 #C2F272

tetradic

#72C2F2 #E272F2 #F2A272 #82F272

square

#72C2F2 #E272F2 #F2A272 #82F272

split-complementary

#72C2F2 #F27282 #F2E272

monochromatic

#148DD6 #3AAAED #72C2F2 #AADAF7 #E2F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C2F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#72C2F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2F2

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2F2	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC1F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB3F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BCED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.104 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4f6',
    500: '#72c2f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2f2;
$custom-light: #a2d4f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78112,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2F2

secondary

#F2DBCE

accent

#5806E0

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFE

border

#CED3D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2F2

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

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