#72C6F9#72C6F9

#72C6F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.109 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C6F9
RGB	rgb(114, 198, 249)
HSL	hsl(203, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -11.51, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 34.87, 250.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0596 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.109 237)
XYZ	xyz(44.2261, 50.8013, 97.0792)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C6F9 #F9A572

analogous

#72F9E9 #72C6F9 #7282F9

triadic

#72C6F9 #F972C6 #C6F972

tetradic

#72C6F9 #E972F9 #F9A572 #82F972

square

#72C6F9 #E972F9 #F9A572 #82F972

split-complementary

#72C6F9 #F97282 #F9E972

monochromatic

#0A93E7 #37AEF7 #72C6F9 #ADDEFB #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72C6F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#72C6F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C6F9

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C6F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C6F9	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC5FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB7F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c6f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 198, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.109 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d7fb',
    500: '#72c6f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c6f9;
$custom-light: #a3d7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c6f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79291,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.50805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C6F9

secondary

#D4753B

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C6F9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →