#72C8F8#72C8F8

#72C8F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.108 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8F8
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 248)
HSL	hsl(201, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 19.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -12.85, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 34.09, 247.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0621 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.108 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5307, 51.6594, 96.4133)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8F8 #F8A272

analogous

#72F8E5 #72C8F8 #7285F8

triadic

#72C8F8 #F872C8 #C8F872

tetradic

#72C8F8 #E572F8 #F8A272 #85F872

square

#72C8F8 #E572F8 #F8A272 #85F872

split-complementary

#72C8F8 #F87285 #F8E572

monochromatic

#0B97E4 #38B1F5 #72C8F8 #ACDFFB #E2F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72C8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#72C8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8F8

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8F8	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB8F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.108 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8fa',
    500: '#72c8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8f8;
$custom-light: #a3d8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7969,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8F8

secondary

#D3723B

accent

#5200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8F8

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

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