#72C7FA#72C7FA

#72C7FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.110 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7FA
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 250)
HSL	hsl(203, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -11.74, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 34.99, 250.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0604 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.11 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6118, 51.3225, 97.9792)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7FA #FAA572

analogous

#72FAE9 #72C7FA #7283FA

triadic

#72C7FA #FA72C7 #C7FA72

tetradic

#72C7FA #E972FA #FAA572 #83FA72

square

#72C7FA #E972FA #FAA572 #83FA72

split-complementary

#72C7FA #FA7283 #FAE972

monochromatic

#0895E9 #37B0F8 #72C7FA #ADDEFC #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72C7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#72C7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7FA

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7FA	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC6FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB8F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.110 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8fc',
    500: '#72c7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7fa;
$custom-light: #a3d8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79554,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7FA

secondary

#D6753B

accent

#5600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7FA

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

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