#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
RGBrgb(114, 199, 245)
HSLhsl(201, 87%, 70%)
HSVhsv(201, 53%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(53.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.69, -13.20, -30.57)
CIE-LCHlch(76.69, 33.30, 246.65°)
OKLaboklab(79.34% -0.0621 -0.0851)
OKLCHoklch(79.34% 0.105 233.9)
XYZxyz(43.8382, 51.0130, 93.9048)
Luminance0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##72C7F51.001.8711.2011.20
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2021.001.001.00
##00000011.2021.001.001.00

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

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#72C7F5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva