#72C3FF#72C3FF

#72C3FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.117 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3FF
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 255)
HSL	hsl(206, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -8.14, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 37.93, 257.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0544 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.117 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4979, 49.8237, 101.8603)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3FF #FFAE72

analogous

#72FFF5 #72C3FF #727DFF

triadic

#72C3FF #FF72C3 #C3FF72

tetradic

#72C3FF #F572FF #FFAE72 #7DFF72

square

#72C3FF #F572FF #FFAE72 #7DFF72

split-complementary

#72C3FF #FF727D #FFF572

monochromatic

#008EF7 #35A9FF #72C3FF #AFDDFF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#72C3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3FF

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3FF	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B5FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.117 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d5ff',
    500: '#72c3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3ff;
$custom-light: #a4d5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78895,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3FF

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6200E6

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8386

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3FF

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

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