#72C8F6#72C8F6

#72C8F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.106 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8F6
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 246)
HSL	hsl(201, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -13.43, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 33.44, 246.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0628 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.106 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2221, 51.5359, 94.7879)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8F6 #F6A072

analogous

#72F6E2 #72C8F6 #7286F6

triadic

#72C8F6 #F672C8 #C8F672

tetradic

#72C8F6 #E272F6 #F6A072 #86F672

square

#72C8F6 #E272F6 #F6A072 #86F672

split-complementary

#72C8F6 #F67286 #F6E272

monochromatic

#0E96DF #38B2F2 #72C8F6 #ACDEFA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72C8F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#72C8F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8F6

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8F6	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.106 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f9',
    500: '#72c8f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8f6;
$custom-light: #a3d8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.909,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79606,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8F6

secondary

#D1703C

accent

#5001E5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8F6

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

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