#72C5F5#72C5F5

#72C5F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.106 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5F5
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 245)
HSL	hsl(202, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -12.14, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 33.69, 248.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0599 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.106 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3810, 50.0988, 93.7524)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5F5 #F5A272

analogous

#72F5E4 #72C5F5 #7283F5

triadic

#72C5F5 #F572C5 #C5F572

tetradic

#72C5F5 #E472F5 #F5A272 #83F572

square

#72C5F5 #E472F5 #F5A272 #83F572

split-complementary

#72C5F5 #F57283 #F5E472

monochromatic

#1092DD #39ADF1 #72C5F5 #ABDDF9 #E2F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C5F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#72C5F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5F5

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5F5	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC4F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.106 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6f8',
    500: '#72c5f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5f5;
$custom-light: #a3d6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.985,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78901,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5F5

secondary

#CF723C

accent

#5502E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5F5

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

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