#72C6F8#72C6F8

#72C6F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.109 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C6F8
RGB	rgb(114, 198, 248)
HSL	hsl(202, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 20.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -11.80, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 34.51, 250.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0599 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.109 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0705, 50.7391, 96.2599)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C6F8 #F8A472

analogous

#72F8E7 #72C6F8 #7283F8

triadic

#72C6F8 #F872C6 #C6F872

tetradic

#72C6F8 #E772F8 #F8A472 #83F872

square

#72C6F8 #E772F8 #F8A472 #83F872

split-complementary

#72C6F8 #F87283 #F8E772

monochromatic

#0B93E4 #38AEF5 #72C6F8 #ACDEFB #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72C6F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#72C6F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C6F8

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C6F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C6F8	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC5FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB7F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c6f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 198, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.109 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d7fa',
    500: '#72c6f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c6f8;
$custom-light: #a3d7fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c6f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.388,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79249,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C6F8

secondary

#D3743B

accent

#5600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C6F8

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

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