#72C5F4#72C5F4

#72C5F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.105 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5F4
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 244)
HSL	hsl(202, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -12.43, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 33.35, 248.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0602 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.105 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2288, 50.0379, 92.9506)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5F4 #F4A172

analogous

#72F4E2 #72C5F4 #7284F4

triadic

#72C5F4 #F472C5 #C5F472

tetradic

#72C5F4 #E272F4 #F4A172 #84F472

square

#72C5F4 #E272F4 #F4A172 #84F472

split-complementary

#72C5F4 #F47284 #F4E272

monochromatic

#1192DB #39AEF0 #72C5F4 #ABDCF8 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C5F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#72C5F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5F4

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5F4	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC3F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB6F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13D1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.105 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6f8',
    500: '#72c5f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5f4;
$custom-light: #a3d6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.692,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78859,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5F4

secondary

#CE713C

accent

#5403E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5F4

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

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