#72CCF2#72CCF2

#72CCF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.102 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCF2
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 242)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -16.66, -26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 31.71, 238.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0686 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.102 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5533, 53.1701, 91.9022)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCF2 #F29872

analogous

#72F2D8 #72CCF2 #728CF2

triadic

#72CCF2 #F272CC #CCF272

tetradic

#72CCF2 #D872F2 #F29872 #8CF272

square

#72CCF2 #D872F2 #F29872 #8CF272

split-complementary

#72CCF2 #F2728C #F2D872

monochromatic

#149CD6 #3AB8ED #72CCF2 #AAE0F7 #E2F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CCF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#72CCF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCF2

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCF2	1.00	1.80	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C9F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BBF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.102 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbf6',
    500: '#72ccf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccf2;
$custom-light: #a3dbf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.813,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80332,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCF2

secondary

#CC673D

accent

#4706E0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCF2

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

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