#72CBF2#72CBF2

#72CBF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.102 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBF2
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 242)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -16.14, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 31.81, 239.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0675 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.102 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3164, 52.6962, 91.8232)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBF2 #F29972

analogous

#72F2D9 #72CBF2 #728BF2

triadic

#72CBF2 #F272CB #CBF272

tetradic

#72CBF2 #D972F2 #F29972 #8BF272

square

#72CBF2 #D972F2 #F29972 #8BF272

split-complementary

#72CBF2 #F2728B #F2D972

monochromatic

#149BD6 #3AB6ED #72CBF2 #AAE0F7 #E2F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CBF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#72CBF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBF2

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBF2	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C8F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BAF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.102 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf6',
    500: '#72cbf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbf2;
$custom-light: #a3daf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.281,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80109,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBF2

secondary

#CC683D

accent

#4806E0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBF2

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

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