#72C9FA#72C9FA

#72C9FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.109 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C9FA
RGB	rgb(114, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(202, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -12.80, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 34.56, 248.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0625 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.109 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0750, 52.2489, 98.1336)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C9FA #FAA372

analogous

#72FAE7 #72C9FA #7285FA

triadic

#72C9FA #FA72C9 #C9FA72

tetradic

#72C9FA #E772FA #FAA372 #85FA72

square

#72C9FA #E772FA #FAA372 #85FA72

split-complementary

#72C9FA #FA7285 #FAE772

monochromatic

#0898E9 #37B2F8 #72C9FA #ADE0FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72C9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#72C9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C9FA

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C9FA	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB9F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.109 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9fc',
    500: '#72c9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c9fa;
$custom-light: #a3d9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.618,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79994,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C9FA

secondary

#D6723B

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C9FA

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

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