#72CAFE#72CAFE

#72CAFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.113 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAFE
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 254)
HSL	hsl(202, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -12.16, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 35.72, 250.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0623 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.113 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9427, 52.9701, 101.5499)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAFE #FEA672

analogous

#72FEEC #72CAFE #7284FE

triadic

#72CAFE #FE72CA #CAFE72

tetradic

#72CAFE #EC72FE #FEA672 #84FE72

square

#72CAFE #EC72FE #FEA672 #84FE72

split-complementary

#72CAFE #FE7284 #FEEC72

monochromatic

#029AF4 #35B3FE #72CAFE #AFE1FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#72CAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAFE

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAFE	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EBAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.113 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daff',
    500: '#72cafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cafe;
$custom-light: #a4daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80384,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAFE

secondary

#DB7539

accent

#5500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAFE

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

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