#72C8F9#72C8F9

#72C8F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.109 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8F9
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 249)
HSL	hsl(202, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -12.56, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 34.43, 248.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0618 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.109 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6862, 51.7216, 97.2326)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8F9 #F9A372

analogous

#72F9E7 #72C8F9 #7284F9

triadic

#72C8F9 #F972C8 #C8F972

tetradic

#72C8F9 #E772F9 #F9A372 #84F972

square

#72C8F9 #E772F9 #F9A372 #84F972

split-complementary

#72C8F9 #F97284 #F9E772

monochromatic

#0A97E7 #37B1F7 #72C8F9 #ADDFFB #E2F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72C8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#72C8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8F9

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8F9	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C6FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.109 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8fb',
    500: '#72c8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8f9;
$custom-light: #a3d8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.778,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79732,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8F9

secondary

#D4733B

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8F9

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

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