#72C4F2#72C4F2

#72C4F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.104 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4F2
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 242)
HSL	hsl(202, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 19%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -12.48, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 32.88, 247.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0598 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.104 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7005, 49.4644, 91.2846)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4F2 #F2A072

analogous

#72F2E0 #72C4F2 #7284F2

triadic

#72C4F2 #F272C4 #C4F272

tetradic

#72C4F2 #E072F2 #F2A072 #84F272

square

#72C4F2 #E072F2 #F2A072 #84F272

split-complementary

#72C4F2 #F27284 #F2E072

monochromatic

#1490D6 #3AADED #72C4F2 #AADBF7 #E2F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C4F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#72C4F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4F2

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4F2	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)

#AEC2F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB5F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AD0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.104 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f6',
    500: '#72c4f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4f2;
$custom-light: #a3d5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.563,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78555,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4F2

secondary

#F2DBCE

accent

#5406E0

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFE

border

#CED3D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4F2

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

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