#72C8F7#72C8F7

#72C8F7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.107 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8F7
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 247)
HSL	hsl(201, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 19%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -13.14, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 33.76, 247.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0625 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.107 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3760, 51.5975, 95.5984)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8F7 #F7A172

analogous

#72F7E3 #72C8F7 #7285F7

triadic

#72C8F7 #F772C8 #C8F772

tetradic

#72C8F7 #E372F7 #F7A172 #85F772

square

#72C8F7 #E372F7 #F7A172 #85F772

split-complementary

#72C8F7 #F77285 #F7E372

monochromatic

#0D97E2 #38B1F4 #72C8F7 #ACDFFA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72C8F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#72C8F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8F7

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8F7	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C6F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB8F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.107 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8fa',
    500: '#72c8f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8f7;
$custom-light: #a3d8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.203,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79648,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8F7

secondary

#D2713B

accent

#5100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8F7

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

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