#72C5F2#72C5F2

#72C5F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.103 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5F2
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 242)
HSL	hsl(201, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -13.01, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 32.69, 246.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0609 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.103 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9268, 49.9171, 91.3600)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5F2 #F29F72

analogous

#72F2DF #72C5F2 #7285F2

triadic

#72C5F2 #F272C5 #C5F272

tetradic

#72C5F2 #DF72F2 #F29F72 #85F272

square

#72C5F2 #DF72F2 #F29F72 #85F272

split-complementary

#72C5F2 #F27285 #F2DF72

monochromatic

#1492D6 #3AAEED #72C5F2 #AADCF7 #E2F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C5F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#72C5F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5F2

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5F2	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)

#B0C3F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19D1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.103 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6f6',
    500: '#72c5f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5f2;
$custom-light: #a3d6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.094,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78776,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5F2

secondary

#F2DBCE

accent

#5206E0

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFE

border

#CED3D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5F2

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

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