#72C4F9#72C4F9

#72C4F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.110 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C4F9
RGBrgb(114, 196, 249)
HSLhsl(204, 92%, 71%)
HSVhsv(204, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(54.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(76.00, -10.45, -33.77)
CIE-LCHlch(76.00, 35.35, 252.81°)
OKLaboklab(78.85% -0.0574 -0.0943)
OKLCHoklch(78.85% 0.11 238.7)
XYZxyz(43.7719, 49.8930, 96.9278)
Luminance0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C4F9 #F9A772
analogous
#72F9EB #72C4F9 #7280F9
triadic
#72C4F9 #F972C4 #C4F972
tetradic
#72C4F9 #EB72F9 #F9A772 #80F972
square
#72C4F9 #EB72F9 #F9A772 #80F972
split-complementary
#72C4F9 #F97280 #F9EB72
monochromatic
#0A90E7 #37ABF7 #72C4F9 #ADDDFB #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#72C4F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98
#72C4F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4F9
10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C4F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C4F91.001.9110.9810.98
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9821.001.001.00
##00000010.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACC3FC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AB5F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c4f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.110 238.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5fb',
    500: '#72c4f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c4f9;
$custom-light: #a3d5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c4f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78851,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C4F9
secondary
#F5E0D2
accent
#5A00E6
background
#FAFDFF
surface
#F4FAFF
border
#CED3D7
text
#101417
muted
#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4F9

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#72C4F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva