#72C2FF#72C2FF

#72C2FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.118 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2FF
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 255)
HSL	hsl(206, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -7.60, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 38.24, 258.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0533 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.118 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2746, 49.3771, 101.7859)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2FF #FFAF72

analogous

#72FFF5 #72C2FF #727CFF

triadic

#72C2FF #FF72C2 #C2FF72

tetradic

#72C2FF #F572FF #FFAF72 #7CFF72

square

#72C2FF #F572FF #FFAF72 #7CFF72

split-complementary

#72C2FF #FF727C #FFF572

monochromatic

#008CF7 #35A8FF #72C2FF #AFDCFF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C2FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#72C2FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2FF

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2FF	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B4FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.118 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d4ff',
    500: '#72c2ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2ff;
$custom-light: #a4d4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.957,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78677,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2FF

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2FF

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

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