#72C2FB#72C2FB

#72C2FB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.113 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2FB
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 251)
HSL	hsl(205, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -8.79, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 36.65, 256.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0546 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.113 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6374, 49.1223, 98.4300)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2FB #FBAB72

analogous

#72FBF0 #72C2FB #727EFB

triadic

#72C2FB #FB72C2 #C2FB72

tetradic

#72C2FB #F072FB #FBAB72 #7EFB72

square

#72C2FB #F072FB #FBAB72 #7EFB72

split-complementary

#72C2FB #FB727E #FBF072

monochromatic

#078DEC #36A8F9 #72C2FB #AEDCFD #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C2FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#72C2FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2FB

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2FB	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C2FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B4FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.113 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4fd',
    500: '#72c2fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2fb;
$custom-light: #a3d4fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.964,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.785,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2FB

secondary

#F6E1D3

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2FB

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

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