#72C8FF#72C8FF

#72C8FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.114 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8FF
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -10.81, -34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 36.55, 252.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0598 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.114 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6370, 52.1019, 102.2400)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8FF #FFA972

analogous

#72FFEF #72C8FF #7282FF

triadic

#72C8FF #FF72C8 #C8FF72

tetradic

#72C8FF #EF72FF #FFA972 #82FF72

square

#72C8FF #EF72FF #FFA972 #82FF72

split-complementary

#72C8FF #FF7282 #FFEF72

monochromatic

#0096F7 #35B0FF #72C8FF #AFE0FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72C8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#72C8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8FF

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8FF	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.114 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8ff',
    500: '#72c8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ff;
$custom-light: #a4d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.404,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79988,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8FF

secondary

#DC7939

accent

#5A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8FF

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

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