#72CBF3#72CBF3

#72CBF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.103 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBF3
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 243)
HSL	hsl(199, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -15.86, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 32.09, 240.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0671 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.103 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4669, 52.7565, 92.6163)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBF3 #F39A72

analogous

#72F3DB #72CBF3 #728AF3

triadic

#72CBF3 #F372CB #CBF372

tetradic

#72CBF3 #DB72F3 #F39A72 #8AF372

square

#72CBF3 #DB72F3 #F39A72 #8AF372

split-complementary

#72CBF3 #F3728A #F3DB72

monochromatic

#129BD8 #3AB6EE #72CBF3 #AAE0F8 #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CBF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#72CBF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBF3

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBF3	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C8F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BAF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.103 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf7',
    500: '#72cbf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbf3;
$custom-light: #a3daf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80149,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBF3

secondary

#CD693C

accent

#4905E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBF3

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

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