#72C5F8#72C5F8

#72C5F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.109 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5F8
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 248)
HSL	hsl(203, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 20.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -11.27, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 34.74, 251.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0589 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.109 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8427, 50.2834, 96.1840)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5F8 #F8A572

analogous

#72F8E8 #72C5F8 #7282F8

triadic

#72C5F8 #F872C5 #C5F872

tetradic

#72C5F8 #E872F8 #F8A572 #82F872

square

#72C5F8 #E872F8 #F8A572 #82F872

split-complementary

#72C5F8 #F87282 #F8E872

monochromatic

#0B92E4 #38ADF5 #72C5F8 #ACDDFB #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72C5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#72C5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5F8

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5F8	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC4FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.109 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6fa',
    500: '#72c5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5f8;
$custom-light: #a3d6fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.836,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79028,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5F8

secondary

#D3753B

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5F8

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

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