#72C4F5#72C4F5

#72C4F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.106 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4F5
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 245)
HSL	hsl(202, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 20%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -11.62, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 33.91, 249.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0588 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.107 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1547, 49.6461, 93.6770)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4F5 #F5A372

analogous

#72F5E5 #72C4F5 #7282F5

triadic

#72C4F5 #F572C4 #C4F572

tetradic

#72C4F5 #E572F5 #F5A372 #82F572

square

#72C4F5 #E572F5 #F5A372 #82F572

split-complementary

#72C4F5 #F57282 #F5E572

monochromatic

#1090DD #39ACF1 #72C4F5 #ABDCF9 #E2F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C4F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#72C4F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4F5

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4F5	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC3F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB5F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11D1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.106 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f8',
    500: '#72c4f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4f5;
$custom-light: #a3d5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.443,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78681,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4F5

secondary

#F3DDCF

accent

#5602E3

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4F5

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

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