#72C6FC#72C6FC

#72C6FC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.112 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C6FC
RGB	rgb(114, 198, 252)
HSL	hsl(203, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -10.63, -34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 35.95, 252.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0586 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.112 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6977, 50.9899, 99.5631)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C6FC #FCA872

analogous

#72FCED #72C6FC #7281FC

triadic

#72C6FC #FC72C6 #C6FC72

tetradic

#72C6FC #ED72FC #FCA872 #81FC72

square

#72C6FC #ED72FC #FCA872 #81FC72

split-complementary

#72C6FC #FC7281 #FCED72

monochromatic

#0593EF #36AEFB #72C6FC #AEDEFD #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72C6FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#72C6FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C6FC

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C6FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C6FC	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB7FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c6fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 198, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.112 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d7fd',
    500: '#72c6fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c6fc;
$custom-light: #a4d7fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c6fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7942,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C6FC

secondary

#D8783A

accent

#5A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C6FC

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

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