#72C2FD#72C2FD

#72C2FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.116 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2FD
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 253)
HSL	hsl(205, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -8.20, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 37.44, 257.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.054 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.116 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9544, 49.2490, 100.0992)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2FD #FDAD72

analogous

#72FDF3 #72C2FD #727DFD

triadic

#72C2FD #FD72C2 #C2FD72

tetradic

#72C2FD #F372FD #FDAD72 #7DFD72

square

#72C2FD #F372FD #FDAD72 #7DFD72

split-complementary

#72C2FD #FD727D #FDF372

monochromatic

#038CF1 #36A8FC #72C2FD #AEDCFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C2FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#72C2FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2FD

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2FD	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B4FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.116 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d4fe',
    500: '#72c2fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2fd;
$custom-light: #a4d4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.468,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78588,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2FD

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2FD

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

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