#72CBF5#72CBF5

#72CBF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.104 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBF5
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 245)
HSL	hsl(199, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -15.29, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 32.65, 242.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0664 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.104 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7706, 52.8779, 94.2156)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBF5 #F59C72

analogous

#72F5DE #72CBF5 #7289F5

triadic

#72CBF5 #F572CB #CBF572

tetradic

#72CBF5 #DE72F5 #F59C72 #89F572

square

#72CBF5 #DE72F5 #F59C72 #89F572

split-complementary

#72CBF5 #F57289 #F5DE72

monochromatic

#109BDD #39B6F1 #72CBF5 #ABE0F9 #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CBF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#72CBF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBF5

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBF5	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C8F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BAF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07D7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.104 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf8',
    500: '#72cbf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbf5;
$custom-light: #a3daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.237,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8023,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBF5

secondary

#CF6B3C

accent

#4A02E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBF5

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

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