#72C3FB#72C3FB

#72C3FB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.113 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3FB
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 251)
HSL	hsl(205, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -9.33, -35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 36.37, 255.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0557 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.113 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8607, 49.5689, 98.5045)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3FB #FBAA72

analogous

#72FBEF #72C3FB #727FFB

triadic

#72C3FB #FB72C3 #C3FB72

tetradic

#72C3FB #EF72FB #FBAA72 #7FFB72

square

#72C3FB #EF72FB #FBAA72 #7FFB72

split-complementary

#72C3FB #FB727F #FBEF72

monochromatic

#078EEC #36AAF9 #72C3FB #AEDCFD #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C3FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#72C3FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3FB

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3FB	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC3FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.113 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5fd',
    500: '#72c3fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3fb;
$custom-light: #a3d5fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.526,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78719,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3FB

secondary

#F6E1D3

accent

#5E00E6

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3FB

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

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