#72C4FC#72C4FC

#72C4FC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.113 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4FC
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 252)
HSL	hsl(204, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -9.56, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 36.47, 254.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0564 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.113 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2436, 50.0817, 99.4118)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4FC #FCAA72

analogous

#72FCEF #72C4FC #727FFC

triadic

#72C4FC #FC72C4 #C4FC72

tetradic

#72C4FC #EF72FC #FCAA72 #7FFC72

square

#72C4FC #EF72FC #FCAA72 #7FFC72

split-complementary

#72C4FC #FC727F #FCEF72

monochromatic

#0590EF #36ABFB #72C4FC #AEDDFD #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C4FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#72C4FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4FC

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4FC	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B5FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.113 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5fd',
    500: '#72c4fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4fc;
$custom-light: #a3d5fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78981,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4FC

secondary

#D87A3A

accent

#5D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4FC

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

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