#72C9FB#72C9FB

#72C9FB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.110 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C9FB
RGB	rgb(114, 201, 251)
HSL	hsl(202, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -12.51, -32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 34.90, 249.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0622 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.11 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2322, 52.3118, 98.9616)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C9FB #FBA472

analogous

#72FBE9 #72C9FB #7285FB

triadic

#72C9FB #FB72C9 #C9FB72

tetradic

#72C9FB #E972FB #FBA472 #85FB72

square

#72C9FB #E972FB #FBA472 #85FB72

split-complementary

#72C9FB #FB7285 #FBE972

monochromatic

#0798EC #36B2F9 #72C9FB #AEE0FD #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72C9FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#72C9FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C9FB

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C9FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C9FB	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB9FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c9fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 201, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.110 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9fc',
    500: '#72c9fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c9fb;
$custom-light: #a4d9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c9fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.898,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80037,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C9FB

secondary

#D7733A

accent

#5400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C9FB

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

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