#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
RGBrgb(114, 197, 254)
HSLhsl(204, 99%, 72%)
HSVhsv(204, 55%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(55.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LABlab(76.47, -9.51, -35.72)
CIE-LCHlch(76.47, 36.96, 255.10°)
OKLaboklab(79.29% -0.0569 -0.0999)
OKLCHoklch(79.29% 0.115 240.3)
XYZxyz(44.7885, 50.6617, 101.1651)
Luminance0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##72C5FE1.001.8911.1311.13
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1321.001.001.00
##00000011.1321.001.001.00

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

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#72C5FE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva