#72C8F0#72C8F0

#72C8F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.101 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8F0
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 240)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -15.16, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 31.61, 241.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0649 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.101 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3160, 51.1735, 90.0160)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8F0 #F09A72

analogous

#72F0D9 #72C8F0 #7289F0

triadic

#72C8F0 #F072C8 #C8F072

tetradic

#72C8F0 #D972F0 #F09A72 #89F072

square

#72C8F0 #D972F0 #F09A72 #89F072

split-complementary

#72C8F0 #F07289 #F0D972

monochromatic

#1696D1 #3BB2EA #72C8F0 #A9DEF6 #E1F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72C8F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#72C8F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8F0

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8F0	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BD3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.101 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f5',
    500: '#72c8f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8f0;
$custom-light: #a3d8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.048,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7936,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8F0

secondary

#C96A3D

accent

#4C08DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8F0

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

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