#72CAFB#72CAFB

#72CAFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.110 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAFB
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 251)
HSL	hsl(201, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -13.03, -32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 34.69, 247.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0633 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.11 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4661, 52.7795, 99.0396)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAFB #FBA372

analogous

#72FBE8 #72CAFB #7286FB

triadic

#72CAFB #FB72CA #CAFB72

tetradic

#72CAFB #E872FB #FBA372 #86FB72

square

#72CAFB #E872FB #FBA372 #86FB72

split-complementary

#72CAFB #FB7286 #FBE872

monochromatic

#079AEC #36B4F9 #72CAFB #AEE0FD #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CAFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#72CAFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAFB

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAFB	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C8FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BAFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cafb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.110 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dafc',
    500: '#72cafb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cafb;
$custom-light: #a4dafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cafb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.46,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80257,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAFB

secondary

#D7723A

accent

#5200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAFB

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

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