#72C4FE#72C4FE

#72C4FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.115 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4FE
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 254)
HSL	hsl(205, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -8.97, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 37.25, 256.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0558 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.115 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5622, 50.2091, 101.0897)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4FE #FEAC72

analogous

#72FEF2 #72C4FE #727EFE

triadic

#72C4FE #FE72C4 #C4FE72

tetradic

#72C4FE #F272FE #FEAC72 #7EFE72

square

#72C4FE #F272FE #FEAC72 #7EFE72

split-complementary

#72C4FE #FE727E #FEF272

monochromatic

#0290F4 #35ABFE #72C4FE #AFDDFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72C4FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#72C4FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4FE

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4FE	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.115 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d5ff',
    500: '#72c4fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4fe;
$custom-light: #a4d5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79069,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4FE

secondary

#DB7C39

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4FE

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

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