#72C5FE#72C5FE

#72C5FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.115 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5FE
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 254)
HSL	hsl(204, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -9.51, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 36.96, 255.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0569 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.115 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7885, 50.6617, 101.1651)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5FE #FEAB72

analogous

#72FEF1 #72C5FE #727FFE

triadic

#72C5FE #FE72C5 #C5FE72

tetradic

#72C5FE #F172FE #FEAB72 #7FFE72

square

#72C5FE #F172FE #FEAB72 #7FFE72

split-complementary

#72C5FE #FE727F #FEF172

monochromatic

#0291F4 #35ACFE #72C5FE #AFDEFE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72C5FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#72C5FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5FE

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5FE	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.115 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6ff',
    500: '#72c5fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5fe;
$custom-light: #a4d6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.429,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79287,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5FE

secondary

#DB7B39

accent

#5D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5FE

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

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