#72CCF5#72CCF5

#72CCF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.104 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCF5
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 245)
HSL	hsl(199, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -15.81, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 32.53, 240.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0675 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.104 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0075, 53.3518, 94.2946)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCF5 #F59B72

analogous

#72F5DD #72CCF5 #728AF5

triadic

#72CCF5 #F572CC #CCF572

tetradic

#72CCF5 #DD72F5 #F59B72 #8AF572

square

#72CCF5 #DD72F5 #F59B72 #8AF572

split-complementary

#72CCF5 #F5728A #F5DD72

monochromatic

#109DDD #39B7F1 #72CCF5 #ABE1F9 #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#72CCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCF5

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCF5	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C9F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BBF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.104 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbf8',
    500: '#72ccf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccf5;
$custom-light: #a3dbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80453,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCF5

secondary

#CF6A3C

accent

#4902E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCF5

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

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