#72C3F5#72C3F5

#72C3F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.107 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3F5
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 245)
HSL	hsl(203, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -11.08, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 34.13, 251.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0577 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.107 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9299, 49.1965, 93.6021)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3F5 #F5A472

analogous

#72F5E6 #72C3F5 #7281F5

triadic

#72C3F5 #F572C3 #C3F572

tetradic

#72C3F5 #E672F5 #F5A472 #81F572

square

#72C3F5 #E672F5 #F5A472 #81F572

split-complementary

#72C3F5 #F57281 #F5E672

monochromatic

#108FDD #39ABF1 #72C3F5 #ABDBF9 #E2F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C3F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#72C3F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3F5

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3F5	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC2F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB4F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12D0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.107 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f8',
    500: '#72c3f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3f5;
$custom-light: #a3d5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.901,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7846,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3F5

secondary

#F3DDCF

accent

#5802E3

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3F5

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

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