#72C4F4#72C4F4

#72C4F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.106 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4F4
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 244)
HSL	hsl(202, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -11.91, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 33.56, 249.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0591 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.106 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0025, 49.5852, 92.8752)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4F4 #F4A272

analogous

#72F4E3 #72C4F4 #7283F4

triadic

#72C4F4 #F472C4 #C4F472

tetradic

#72C4F4 #E372F4 #F4A272 #83F472

square

#72C4F4 #E372F4 #F4A272 #83F472

split-complementary

#72C4F4 #F47283 #F4E372

monochromatic

#1190DB #39ACF0 #72C4F4 #ABDCF8 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C4F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#72C4F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4F4

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4F4	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC3F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14D0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.106 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f8',
    500: '#72c4f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4f4;
$custom-light: #a3d5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.154,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78638,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4F4

secondary

#F3DCCF

accent

#5603E2

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4F4

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

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