#72C3F9#72C3F9

#72C3F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.111 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3F9
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 249)
HSL	hsl(204, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -9.91, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 35.60, 253.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0563 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.111 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5471, 49.4434, 96.8529)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3F9 #F9A872

analogous

#72F9EB #72C3F9 #727FF9

triadic

#72C3F9 #F972C3 #C3F972

tetradic

#72C3F9 #EB72F9 #F9A872 #7FF972

square

#72C3F9 #EB72F9 #F9A872 #7FF972

split-complementary

#72C3F9 #F9727F #F9EB72

monochromatic

#0A8EE7 #37AAF7 #72C3F9 #ADDCFB #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C3F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#72C3F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3F9

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3F9	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC2FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B4F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.111 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5fb',
    500: '#72c3f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3f9;
$custom-light: #a3d5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78632,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3F9

secondary

#F5E0D2

accent

#5C00E6

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3F9

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

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