#72CBF4#72CBF4

#72CBF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.103 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBF4
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 244)
HSL	hsl(199, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -15.57, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 32.37, 241.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0668 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.103 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6184, 52.8170, 93.4138)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBF4 #F49B72

analogous

#72F4DC #72CBF4 #728AF4

triadic

#72CBF4 #F472CB #CBF472

tetradic

#72CBF4 #DC72F4 #F49B72 #8AF472

square

#72CBF4 #DC72F4 #F49B72 #8AF472

split-complementary

#72CBF4 #F4728A #F4DC72

monochromatic

#119BDB #39B6F0 #72CBF4 #ABE0F8 #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CBF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#72CBF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBF4

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBF4	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C8F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BAF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CD7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.103 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf7',
    500: '#72cbf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbf4;
$custom-light: #a3daf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8019,
    "c": 0.10338,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBF4

secondary

#CE6A3C

accent

#4A03E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBF4

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

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