#72CBFB#72CBFB

#72CBFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.109 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBFB
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 251)
HSL	hsl(201, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -13.56, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 34.50, 246.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0644 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.109 234)
XYZ	xyz(45.7014, 53.2503, 99.1180)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBFB #FBA272

analogous

#72FBE7 #72CBFB #7287FB

triadic

#72CBFB #FB72CB #CBFB72

tetradic

#72CBFB #E772FB #FBA272 #87FB72

square

#72CBFB #E772FB #FBA272 #87FB72

split-complementary

#72CBFB #FB7287 #FBE772

monochromatic

#079CEC #36B5F9 #72CBFB #AEE1FD #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CBFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#72CBFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBFB

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBFB	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C9FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BBFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.109 234.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.022,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80478,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.53254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBFB

secondary

#D7713A

accent

#5000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBFB

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

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