#72CBFE#72CBFE

#72CBFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.112 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBFE
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 254)
HSL	hsl(202, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -12.68, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 35.50, 249.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0633 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.112 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1781, 53.4409, 101.6283)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBFE #FEA572

analogous

#72FEEB #72CBFE #7285FE

triadic

#72CBFE #FE72CB #CBFE72

tetradic

#72CBFE #EB72FE #FEA572 #85FE72

square

#72CBFE #EB72FE #FEA572 #85FE72

split-complementary

#72CBFE #FE7285 #FEEB72

monochromatic

#029CF4 #35B5FE #72CBFE #AFE1FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CBFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#72CBFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBFE

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBFE	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BBFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.112 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4daff',
    500: '#72cbfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbfe;
$custom-light: #a4daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.857,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80604,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBFE

secondary

#DB7439

accent

#5400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBFE

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

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