#72CCF0#72CCF0

#72CCF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.100 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCF0
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 240)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 15%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -17.23, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 31.21, 236.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0693 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.1 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2545, 53.0506, 90.3288)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCF0 #F09672

analogous

#72F0D5 #72CCF0 #728DF0

triadic

#72CCF0 #F072CC #CCF072

tetradic

#72CCF0 #D572F0 #F09672 #8DF072

square

#72CCF0 #D572F0 #F09672 #8DF072

split-complementary

#72CCF0 #F0728D #F0D572

monochromatic

#169CD1 #3BB8EA #72CCF0 #A9E0F6 #E1F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#72CCF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#72CCF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCF0

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCF0	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BBF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.100 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbf5',
    500: '#72ccf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccf0;
$custom-light: #a3dbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80253,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCF0

secondary

#C9653D

accent

#4508DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCF0

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

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