#72CCF6#72CCF6

#72CCF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.105 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCF6
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 246)
HSL	hsl(199, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -15.52, -28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 32.81, 241.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0672 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.105 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1606, 53.4130, 95.1008)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCF6 #F69C72

analogous

#72F6DE #72CCF6 #728AF6

triadic

#72CCF6 #F672CC #CCF672

tetradic

#72CCF6 #DE72F6 #F69C72 #8AF672

square

#72CCF6 #DE72F6 #F69C72 #8AF672

split-complementary

#72CCF6 #F6728A #F6DE72

monochromatic

#0E9DDF #38B7F2 #72CCF6 #ACE1FA #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#72CCF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#72CCF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCF6

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCF6	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C9F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BBF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01D8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.105 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbf9',
    500: '#72ccf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccf6;
$custom-light: #a3dbf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80493,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCF6

secondary

#D16B3C

accent

#4901E5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCF6

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

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