#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
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 249)
HSL	hsl(204, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -9.38, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 35.87, 254.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0552 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.111 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3238, 48.9968, 96.7784)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##72C2F9	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72C2F9

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

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