#72CAFC#72CAFC

#72CAFC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.111 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAFC
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 252)
HSL	hsl(202, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -12.74, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 35.03, 248.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0629 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.111 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6241, 52.8427, 99.8719)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAFC #FCA472

analogous

#72FCE9 #72CAFC #7285FC

triadic

#72CAFC #FC72CA #CAFC72

tetradic

#72CAFC #E972FC #FCA472 #85FC72

square

#72CAFC #E972FC #FCA472 #85FC72

split-complementary

#72CAFC #FC7285 #FCE972

monochromatic

#059AEF #36B3FB #72CAFC #AEE1FD #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CAFC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#72CAFC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAFC

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAFC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAFC	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C8FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FBAFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cafc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.111 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dafd',
    500: '#72cafc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cafc;
$custom-light: #a4dafd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cafc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.739,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80299,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAFC

secondary

#D8733A

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAFC

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

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