#72CAF5#72CAF5

#72CAF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.104 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAF5
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 245)
HSL	hsl(200, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -14.77, -29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 32.80, 243.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0653 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.104 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5352, 52.4072, 94.1372)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAF5 #F59D72

analogous

#72F5DF #72CAF5 #7288F5

triadic

#72CAF5 #F572CA #CAF572

tetradic

#72CAF5 #DF72F5 #F59D72 #88F572

square

#72CAF5 #DF72F5 #F59D72 #88F572

split-complementary

#72CAF5 #F57288 #F5DF72

monochromatic

#109ADD #39B5F1 #72CAF5 #ABDFF9 #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72CAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#72CAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAF5

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAF5	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C7F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B9F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.104 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf8',
    500: '#72caf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caf5;
$custom-light: #a3daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.695,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80008,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAF5

secondary

#CF6C3C

accent

#4C02E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAF5

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

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