#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
RGBrgb(114, 202, 252)
HSLhsl(202, 96%, 72%)
HSVhsv(202, 55%, 99%)
CMYKcmyk(54.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.78, -12.74, -32.63)
CIE-LCHlch(77.78, 35.03, 248.67°)
OKLaboklab(80.3% -0.0629 -0.091)
OKLCHoklch(80.3% 0.111 235.3)
XYZxyz(45.6241, 52.8427, 99.8719)
Luminance0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##72CAFC1.001.8211.5711.57
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5721.001.001.00
##00000011.5721.001.001.00

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

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#72CAFC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva