#72C4F0#72C4F0

#72C4F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.102 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4F0
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 240)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -13.06, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 32.22, 246.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0605 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.102 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4017, 49.3449, 89.7112)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4F0 #F09E72

analogous

#72F0DD #72C4F0 #7285F0

triadic

#72C4F0 #F072C4 #C4F072

tetradic

#72C4F0 #DD72F0 #F09E72 #85F072

square

#72C4F0 #DD72F0 #F09E72 #85F072

split-complementary

#72C4F0 #F07285 #F0DD72

monochromatic

#1690D1 #3BADEA #72C4F0 #A9DBF6 #E1F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C4F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#72C4F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4F0

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4F0	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ED0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.102 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f5',
    500: '#72c4f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4f0;
$custom-light: #a2d5f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.952,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78471,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4F0

secondary

#F1D9CD

accent

#5308DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4F0

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

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