#72C8FB#72C8FB

#72C8FB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.111 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8FB
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 251)
HSL	hsl(202, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -11.98, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 35.12, 250.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0611 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.111 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9998, 51.8470, 98.8842)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8FB #FBA572

analogous

#72FBEA #72C8FB #7284FB

triadic

#72C8FB #FB72C8 #C8FB72

tetradic

#72C8FB #EA72FB #FBA572 #84FB72

square

#72C8FB #EA72FB #FBA572 #84FB72

split-complementary

#72C8FB #FB7284 #FBEA72

monochromatic

#0797EC #36B1F9 #72C8FB #AEDFFD #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72C8FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#72C8FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8FB

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8FB	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C7FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.111 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8fc',
    500: '#72c8fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8fb;
$custom-light: #a4d8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.336,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79816,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8FB

secondary

#D7753A

accent

#5500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8FB

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

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