#72C3F4#72C3F4

#72C3F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.106 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3F4
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 244)
HSL	hsl(203, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -11.38, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 33.78, 250.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.058 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.106 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7777, 49.1356, 92.8003)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3F4 #F4A372

analogous

#72F4E4 #72C3F4 #7282F4

triadic

#72C3F4 #F472C3 #C3F472

tetradic

#72C3F4 #E472F4 #F4A372 #82F472

square

#72C3F4 #E472F4 #F4A372 #82F472

split-complementary

#72C3F4 #F47282 #F4E472

monochromatic

#118FDB #39ABF0 #72C3F4 #ABDBF8 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C3F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#72C3F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3F4

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3F4	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)

#ACC2F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB4F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.106 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f8',
    500: '#72c3f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3f4;
$custom-light: #a3d5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.615,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78418,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3F4

secondary

#F3DCCF

accent

#5703E2

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3F4

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

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