#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
RGBrgb(114, 197, 242)
HSLhsl(201, 83%, 70%)
HSVhsv(201, 53%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(52.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.02, -13.01, -29.99)
CIE-LCHlch(76.02, 32.69, 246.54°)
OKLaboklab(78.78% -0.0609 -0.0835)
OKLCHoklch(78.78% 0.103 233.9)
XYZxyz(42.9268, 49.9171, 91.3600)
Luminance0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##72C5F21.001.9110.9810.98
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9821.001.001.00
##00000010.9821.001.001.00

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

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#72C5F2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva