#72C5FC#72C5FC

#72C5FC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.113 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5FC
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 252)
HSL	hsl(204, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -10.10, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 36.21, 253.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0575 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.113 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4699, 50.5343, 99.4872)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5FC #FCA972

analogous

#72FCEE #72C5FC #7280FC

triadic

#72C5FC #FC72C5 #C5FC72

tetradic

#72C5FC #EE72FC #FCA972 #80FC72

square

#72C5FC #EE72FC #FCA972 #80FC72

split-complementary

#72C5FC #FC7280 #FCEE72

monochromatic

#0591EF #36ACFB #72C5FC #AEDEFD #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72C5FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#72C5FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5FC

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5FC	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B6FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.113 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6fd',
    500: '#72c5fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5fc;
$custom-light: #a4d6fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.913,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.792,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5FC

secondary

#D8793A

accent

#5B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5FC

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

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