#72CAFA#72CAFA

#72CAFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.109 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAFA
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 250)
HSL	hsl(201, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -13.32, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 34.36, 247.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0636 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.109 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3088, 52.7166, 98.2116)
Luminance	0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAFA #FAA272

analogous

#72FAE6 #72CAFA #7286FA

triadic

#72CAFA #FA72CA #CAFA72

tetradic

#72CAFA #E672FA #FAA272 #86FA72

square

#72CAFA #E672FA #FAA272 #86FA72

split-complementary

#72CAFA #FA7286 #FAE672

monochromatic

#089AE9 #37B4F8 #72CAFA #ADE0FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#72CAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAFA

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAFA	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C8FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BAF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.109 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dafc',
    500: '#72cafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cafa;
$custom-light: #a3dafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80215,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAFA

secondary

#D6713B

accent

#5100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAFA

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

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