#72CBFD#72CBFD

#72CBFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.111 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBFD
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 253)
HSL	hsl(202, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -12.97, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 35.16, 248.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0637 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.111 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0184, 53.3770, 100.7872)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBFD #FDA472

analogous

#72FDEA #72CBFD #7286FD

triadic

#72CBFD #FD72CB #CBFD72

tetradic

#72CBFD #EA72FD #FDA472 #86FD72

square

#72CBFD #EA72FD #FDA472 #86FD72

split-complementary

#72CBFD #FD7286 #FDEA72

monochromatic

#039CF1 #36B5FC #72CBFD #AEE1FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CBFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#72CBFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBFD

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBFD	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BBFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.111 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dafe',
    500: '#72cbfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbfd;
$custom-light: #a4dafe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.583,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBFD

secondary

#D9733A

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBFD

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

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