#72C7F5#72C7F5

#72C7F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.105 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7F5
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 245)
HSL	hsl(201, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -13.20, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 33.30, 246.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0621 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.105 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8382, 51.0130, 93.9048)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7F5 #F5A072

analogous

#72F5E2 #72C7F5 #7285F5

triadic

#72C7F5 #F572C7 #C7F572

tetradic

#72C7F5 #E272F5 #F5A072 #85F572

square

#72C7F5 #E272F5 #F5A072 #85F572

split-complementary

#72C7F5 #F57285 #F5E272

monochromatic

#1095DD #39B0F1 #72C7F5 #ABDEF9 #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72C7F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#72C7F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7F5

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7F5	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#B1C5F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB7F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DD3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.105 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f8',
    500: '#72c7f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7f5;
$custom-light: #a3d8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.069,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79344,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7F5

secondary

#CF703C

accent

#5102E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7F5

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

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