#72C5FA#72C5FA

#72C5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.111 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5FA
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 250)
HSL	hsl(203, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -10.69, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 35.46, 252.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0582 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.111 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1546, 50.4082, 97.8268)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5FA #FAA772

analogous

#72FAEB #72C5FA #7281FA

triadic

#72C5FA #FA72C5 #C5FA72

tetradic

#72C5FA #EB72FA #FAA772 #81FA72

square

#72C5FA #EB72FA #FAA772 #81FA72

split-complementary

#72C5FA #FA7281 #FAEB72

monochromatic

#0892E9 #37ADF8 #72C5FA #ADDDFC #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72C5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#72C5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5FA

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5FA	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC4FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB6F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.111 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6fc',
    500: '#72c5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5fa;
$custom-light: #a3d6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.382,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79114,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5FA

secondary

#D6773B

accent

#5900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5FA

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

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