#72CCF4#72CCF4

#72CCF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.103 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCF4
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 244)
HSL	hsl(198, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -16.09, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 32.25, 240.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0679 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.103 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8553, 53.2909, 93.4928)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCF4 #F49A72

analogous

#72F4DB #72CCF4 #728BF4

triadic

#72CCF4 #F472CC #CCF472

tetradic

#72CCF4 #DB72F4 #F49A72 #8BF472

square

#72CCF4 #DB72F4 #F49A72 #8BF472

split-complementary

#72CCF4 #F4728B #F4DB72

monochromatic

#119DDB #39B7F0 #72CCF4 #ABE1F8 #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CCF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#72CCF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCF4

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCF4	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C9F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BBF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BD7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.103 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbf7',
    500: '#72ccf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccf4;
$custom-light: #a3dbf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80412,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCF4

secondary

#CE693C

accent

#4803E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCF4

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

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