#72CBF0#72CBF0

#72CBF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.100 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBF0
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 240)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -16.71, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 31.29, 237.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0682 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.1 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0176, 52.5767, 90.2499)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBF0 #F09772

analogous

#72F0D6 #72CBF0 #728CF0

triadic

#72CBF0 #F072CB #CBF072

tetradic

#72CBF0 #D672F0 #F09772 #8CF072

square

#72CBF0 #D672F0 #F09772 #8CF072

split-complementary

#72CBF0 #F0728C #F0D672

monochromatic

#169AD1 #3BB7EA #72CBF0 #A9DFF6 #E1F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#72CBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBF0

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBF0	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BAF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.100 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf5',
    500: '#72cbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbf0;
$custom-light: #a3daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80029,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBF0

secondary

#C9663D

accent

#4708DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBF0

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

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