#72C2FE#72C2FE

#72C2FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.117 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2FE
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 254)
HSL	hsl(206, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -7.90, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 37.84, 257.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0536 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.117 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1141, 49.3129, 100.9403)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2FE #FEAE72

analogous

#72FEF4 #72C2FE #727CFE

triadic

#72C2FE #FE72C2 #C2FE72

tetradic

#72C2FE #F472FE #FEAE72 #7CFE72

square

#72C2FE #F472FE #FEAE72 #7CFE72

split-complementary

#72C2FE #FE727C #FEF472

monochromatic

#028CF4 #35A8FE #72C2FE #AFDCFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C2FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#72C2FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2FE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2FE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B4FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.117 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d4ff',
    500: '#72c2fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2fe;
$custom-light: #a4d4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78633,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2FE

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2FE

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

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