#72C4FD#72C4FD

#72C4FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.114 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4FD
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 253)
HSL	hsl(205, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 22.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -9.27, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 36.86, 255.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0561 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.114 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4025, 50.1452, 100.2485)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4FD #FDAB72

analogous

#72FDF0 #72C4FD #727FFD

triadic

#72C4FD #FD72C4 #C4FD72

tetradic

#72C4FD #F072FD #FDAB72 #7FFD72

square

#72C4FD #F072FD #FDAB72 #7FFD72

split-complementary

#72C4FD #FD727F #FDF072

monochromatic

#0390F1 #36ABFC #72C4FD #AEDDFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72C4FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#72C4FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4FD

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4FD	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.114 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d5fe',
    500: '#72c4fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4fd;
$custom-light: #a4d5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.604,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79025,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4FD

secondary

#D97B3A

accent

#5E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4FD

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

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