#72C5F9#72C5F9

#72C5F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.110 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5F9
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 249)
HSL	hsl(203, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -10.98, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 35.10, 251.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0585 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.11 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9983, 50.3457, 97.0032)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5F9 #F9A672

analogous

#72F9E9 #72C5F9 #7281F9

triadic

#72C5F9 #F972C5 #C5F972

tetradic

#72C5F9 #E972F9 #F9A672 #81F972

square

#72C5F9 #E972F9 #F9A672 #81F972

split-complementary

#72C5F9 #F97281 #F9E972

monochromatic

#0A92E7 #37ADF7 #72C5F9 #ADDDFB #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72C5F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#72C5F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5F9

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5F9	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.110 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6fb',
    500: '#72c5f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5f9;
$custom-light: #a3d6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.111,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79071,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5F9

secondary

#D4763B

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5F9

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

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