#72C3F3#72C3F3

#72C3F3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.105 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3F3
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 243)
HSL	hsl(202, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -11.67, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 33.43, 249.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0583 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.105 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6262, 49.0751, 92.0028)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3F3 #F3A272

analogous

#72F3E3 #72C3F3 #7282F3

triadic

#72C3F3 #F372C3 #C3F372

tetradic

#72C3F3 #E372F3 #F3A272 #82F372

square

#72C3F3 #E372F3 #F3A272 #82F372

split-complementary

#72C3F3 #F37282 #F3E372

monochromatic

#128FD8 #3AABEE #72C3F3 #AADBF8 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C3F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#72C3F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3F3

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3F3	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC2F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB4F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.105 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f7',
    500: '#72c3f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3f3;
$custom-light: #a3d5f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78375,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3F3

secondary

#F2DCCE

accent

#5705E1

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFE

border

#CED3D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3F3

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

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