#72CBF7#72CBF7

#72CBF7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.106 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBF7
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 247)
HSL	hsl(200, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -14.71, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 33.25, 243.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0657 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.106 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0776, 53.0007, 95.8323)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBF7 #F79E72

analogous

#72F7E1 #72CBF7 #7288F7

triadic

#72CBF7 #F772CB #CBF772

tetradic

#72CBF7 #E172F7 #F79E72 #88F772

square

#72CBF7 #E172F7 #F79E72 #88F772

split-complementary

#72CBF7 #F77288 #F7E172

monochromatic

#0D9BE2 #38B6F4 #72CBF7 #ACE0FA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CBF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#72CBF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBF7

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBF7	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C9F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BAF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.106 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dafa',
    500: '#72cbf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbf7;
$custom-light: #a3dafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.85,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80312,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBF7

secondary

#D26D3B

accent

#4C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBF7

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

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