#72C8F3#72C8F3

#72C8F3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.103 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8F3
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 243)
HSL	hsl(200, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -14.30, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 32.49, 243.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0639 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.103 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7653, 51.3533, 92.3825)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8F3 #F39D72

analogous

#72F3DE #72C8F3 #7287F3

triadic

#72C8F3 #F372C8 #C8F372

tetradic

#72C8F3 #DE72F3 #F39D72 #87F372

square

#72C8F3 #DE72F3 #F39D72 #87F372

split-complementary

#72C8F3 #F37287 #F3DE72

monochromatic

#1296D8 #3AB2EE #72C8F3 #AADEF8 #E3F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72C8F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#72C8F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8F3

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8F3	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)

#B3C6F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B8F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.103 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f7',
    500: '#72c8f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8f3;
$custom-light: #a3d8f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79483,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8F3

secondary

#CD6D3C

accent

#4E05E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8F3

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

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