#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
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 249)
HSL	hsl(204, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -10.45, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 35.35, 252.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0574 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.11 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7719, 49.8930, 96.9278)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##72C4F9	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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