#72CAF0#72CAF0

#72CAF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.100 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAF0
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 240)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -16.20, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 31.38, 238.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0671 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.1 228)
XYZ	xyz(43.7822, 52.1060, 90.1714)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAF0 #F09872

analogous

#72F0D7 #72CAF0 #728BF0

triadic

#72CAF0 #F072CA #CAF072

tetradic

#72CAF0 #D772F0 #F09872 #8BF072

square

#72CAF0 #D772F0 #F09872 #8BF072

split-complementary

#72CAF0 #F0728B #F0D772

monochromatic

#1699D1 #3BB5EA #72CAF0 #A9DFF6 #E1F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#72CAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#72CAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAF0

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAF0	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)

#B6C7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AD5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.100 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf5',
    500: '#72caf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caf0;
$custom-light: #a3daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79806,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.5211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAF0

secondary

#C9673D

accent

#4908DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAF0

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

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