#72CBFA#72CBFA

#72CBFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.108 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBFA
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 250)
HSL	hsl(201, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -13.85, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 34.18, 246.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0647 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.108 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5442, 53.1874, 98.2900)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBFA #FAA172

analogous

#72FAE5 #72CBFA #7287FA

triadic

#72CBFA #FA72CB #CBFA72

tetradic

#72CBFA #E572FA #FAA172 #87FA72

square

#72CBFA #E572FA #FAA172 #87FA72

split-complementary

#72CBFA #FA7287 #FAE572

monochromatic

#089CE9 #37B5F8 #72CBFA #ADE1FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CBFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#72CBFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBFA

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBFA	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BBF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.108 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dafc',
    500: '#72cbfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbfa;
$custom-light: #a4dafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.735,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80436,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBFA

secondary

#D6703B

accent

#4F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBFA

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

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