#72C5FD#72C5FD

#72C5FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.114 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C5FD
RGBrgb(114, 197, 253)
HSLhsl(204, 97%, 72%)
HSVhsv(204, 55%, 99%)
CMYKcmyk(54.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LABlab(76.43, -9.80, -35.25)
CIE-LCHlch(76.43, 36.58, 254.46°)
OKLaboklab(79.24% -0.0572 -0.0985)
OKLCHoklch(79.24% 0.114 239.9)
XYZxyz(44.6288, 50.5979, 100.3240)
Luminance0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C5FD #FDAA72
analogous
#72FDF0 #72C5FD #7280FD
triadic
#72C5FD #FD72C5 #C5FD72
tetradic
#72C5FD #F072FD #FDAA72 #80FD72
square
#72C5FD #F072FD #FDAA72 #80FD72
split-complementary
#72C5FD #FD7280 #FDF072
monochromatic
#0391F1 #36ACFC #72C5FD #AEDEFE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89
#72C5FD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12
#72C5FD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5FD
11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C5FD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C5FD1.001.8911.1211.12
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1221.001.001.00
##00000011.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACC5FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99B6FC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3D8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.114 239.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6fe',
    500: '#72c5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c5fd;
$custom-light: #a4d6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.173,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C5FD
secondary
#D97A3A
accent
#5C00E6
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFF
border
#D0D4D7
text
#101417
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

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#72C5FD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva