#72C6FA#72C6FA

#72C6FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.110 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C6FA
RGB	rgb(114, 198, 250)
HSL	hsl(203, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -11.22, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 35.22, 251.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0593 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.11 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3825, 50.8638, 97.9028)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C6FA #FAA672

analogous

#72FAEA #72C6FA #7282FA

triadic

#72C6FA #FA72C6 #C6FA72

tetradic

#72C6FA #EA72FA #FAA672 #82FA72

square

#72C6FA #EA72FA #FAA672 #82FA72

split-complementary

#72C6FA #FA7282 #FAEA72

monochromatic

#0893E9 #37AEF8 #72C6FA #ADDEFC #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72C6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#72C6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C6FA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C6FA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC5FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB7F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 198, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.110 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d7fc',
    500: '#72c6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c6fa;
$custom-light: #a3d7fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79334,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C6FA

secondary

#D6763B

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C6FA

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

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