#72C8FC#72C8FC

#72C8FC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.112 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8FC
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 252)
HSL	hsl(203, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -11.69, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 35.47, 250.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0608 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.112 237)
XYZ	xyz(45.1579, 51.9103, 99.7165)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8FC #FCA672

analogous

#72FCEB #72C8FC #7283FC

triadic

#72C8FC #FC72C8 #C8FC72

tetradic

#72C8FC #EB72FC #FCA672 #83FC72

square

#72C8FC #EB72FC #FCA672 #83FC72

split-complementary

#72C8FC #FC7283 #FCEB72

monochromatic

#0597EF #36B1FB #72C8FC #AEDFFD #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72C8FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#72C8FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8FC

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8FC	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB8FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.112 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8fd',
    500: '#72c8fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8fc;
$custom-light: #a4d8fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.609,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79859,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.51914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8FC

secondary

#D8763A

accent

#5600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8FC

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

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