#72C8FA#72C8FA

#72C8FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.110 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8FA
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 250)
HSL	hsl(202, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 20%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -12.27, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 34.77, 249.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0614 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.11 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8426, 51.7842, 98.0562)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8FA #FAA472

analogous

#72FAE8 #72C8FA #7284FA

triadic

#72C8FA #FA72C8 #C8FA72

tetradic

#72C8FA #E872FA #FAA472 #84FA72

square

#72C8FA #E872FA #FAA472 #84FA72

split-complementary

#72C8FA #FA7284 #FAE872

monochromatic

#0897E9 #37B1F8 #72C8FA #ADDFFC #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72C8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#72C8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8FA

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8FA	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB8F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.110 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8fc',
    500: '#72c8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8fa;
$custom-light: #a3d8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.059,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79774,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8FA

secondary

#D6743B

accent

#5400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8FA

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

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