#72C2F4#72C2F4

#72C2F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.106 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2F4
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 244)
HSL	hsl(203, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -10.84, -32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 34.01, 251.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0569 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.106 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5544, 48.6890, 92.7258)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2F4 #F4A472

analogous

#72F4E5 #72C2F4 #7281F4

triadic

#72C2F4 #F472C2 #C2F472

tetradic

#72C2F4 #E572F4 #F4A472 #81F472

square

#72C2F4 #E572F4 #F4A472 #81F472

split-complementary

#72C2F4 #F47281 #F4E572

monochromatic

#118DDB #39A9F0 #72C2F4 #ABDBF8 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C2F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#72C2F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2F4

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2F4	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)

#ABC1F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B3F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.106 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4f8',
    500: '#72c2f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2f4;
$custom-light: #a3d4f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78197,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2F4

secondary

#F3DDCF

accent

#5903E2

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2F4

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

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