#72C2FA#72C2FA

#72C2FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.112 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2FA
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 250)
HSL	hsl(205, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -9.09, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 36.26, 255.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0549 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.112 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4802, 49.0594, 97.6020)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2FA #FAAA72

analogous

#72FAEE #72C2FA #727EFA

triadic

#72C2FA #FA72C2 #C2FA72

tetradic

#72C2FA #EE72FA #FAAA72 #7EFA72

square

#72C2FA #EE72FA #FAAA72 #7EFA72

split-complementary

#72C2FA #FA727E #FAEE72

monochromatic

#088DE9 #37A8F8 #72C2FA #ADDCFC #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C2FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#72C2FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2FA

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2FA	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C2FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B4F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.112 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4fc',
    500: '#72c2fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2fa;
$custom-light: #a3d4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78456,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2FA

secondary

#F6E1D2

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2FA

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

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