#72C3FE#72C3FE

#72C3FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3FE
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 254)
HSL	hsl(205, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -8.44, -36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 37.54, 257.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0547 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.116 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3374, 49.7595, 101.0148)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3FE #FEAD72

analogous

#72FEF3 #72C3FE #727DFE

triadic

#72C3FE #FE72C3 #C3FE72

tetradic

#72C3FE #F372FE #FEAD72 #7DFE72

square

#72C3FE #F372FE #FEAD72 #7DFE72

split-complementary

#72C3FE #FE727D #FEF372

monochromatic

#028EF4 #35A9FE #72C3FE #AFDDFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C3FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#72C3FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3FE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3FE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B5FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d5ff',
    500: '#72c3fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3fe;
$custom-light: #a4d5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.286,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78851,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3FE

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6100E6

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8386

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3FE

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

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