#72C6F5#72C6F5

#72C6F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.106 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C6F5
RGB	rgb(114, 198, 245)
HSL	hsl(202, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -12.67, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 33.49, 247.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.061 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.106 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6088, 50.5544, 93.8284)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C6F5 #F5A172

analogous

#72F5E3 #72C6F5 #7284F5

triadic

#72C6F5 #F572C6 #C6F572

tetradic

#72C6F5 #E372F5 #F5A172 #84F572

square

#72C6F5 #E372F5 #F5A172 #84F572

split-complementary

#72C6F5 #F57284 #F5E372

monochromatic

#1093DD #39AFF1 #72C6F5 #ABDDF9 #E2F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#72C6F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#72C6F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C6F5

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C6F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C6F5	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)

#B0C4F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FD2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c6f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 198, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.106 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d7f8',
    500: '#72c6f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c6f5;
$custom-light: #a3d7f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c6f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.527,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79122,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C6F5

secondary

#CF713C

accent

#5302E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C6F5

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

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