#72C2F9#72C2F9

#72C2F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.111 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C2F9
RGBrgb(114, 194, 249)
HSLhsl(204, 92%, 71%)
HSVhsv(204, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(54.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.45, -9.38, -34.62)
CIE-LCHlch(75.45, 35.87, 254.84°)
OKLaboklab(78.41% -0.0552 -0.0968)
OKLCHoklch(78.41% 0.111 240.3)
XYZxyz(43.3238, 48.9968, 96.7784)
Luminance0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C2F9 #F9A972
analogous
#72F9EC #72C2F9 #727EF9
triadic
#72C2F9 #F972C2 #C2F972
tetradic
#72C2F9 #EC72F9 #F9A972 #7EF972
square
#72C2F9 #EC72F9 #F9A972 #7EF972
split-complementary
#72C2F9 #F9727E #F9EC72
monochromatic
#0A8DE7 #37A9F7 #72C2F9 #ADDBFB #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#72C2F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80
#72C2F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2F9
10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C2F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C2F91.001.9410.8010.80
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8021.001.001.00
##00000010.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAC2FC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97B4F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#02D0D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c2f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.111 240.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4fb',
    500: '#72c2f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c2f9;
$custom-light: #a3d4fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c2f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78413,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C2F9
secondary
#F5E0D2
accent
#5D00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101417
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#72C2F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva