#72CBFF#72CBFF

#72CBFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.113 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBFF
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 255)
HSL	hsl(202, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -12.39, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 35.84, 249.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.063 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.113 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3386, 53.5052, 102.4739)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBFF #FFA672

analogous

#72FFED #72CBFF #7284FF

triadic

#72CBFF #FF72CB #CBFF72

tetradic

#72CBFF #ED72FF #FFA672 #84FF72

square

#72CBFF #ED72FF #FFA672 #84FF72

split-complementary

#72CBFF #FF7284 #FFED72

monochromatic

#009CF7 #35B4FF #72CBFF #AFE2FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72CBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#72CBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBFF

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBFF	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FBBFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.113 236.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.128,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80646,
    "c": 0.11307,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBFF

secondary

#DC7539

accent

#5500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBFF

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

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