#72CCFA#72CCFA

#72CCFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.108 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCFA
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 250)
HSL	hsl(200, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -14.37, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 34.01, 245.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0658 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.108 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7811, 53.6612, 98.3690)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCFA #FAA072

analogous

#72FAE4 #72CCFA #7288FA

triadic

#72CCFA #FA72CC #CCFA72

tetradic

#72CCFA #E472FA #FAA072 #88FA72

square

#72CCFA #E472FA #FAA072 #88FA72

split-complementary

#72CCFA #FA7288 #FAE472

monochromatic

#089DE9 #37B7F8 #72CCFA #ADE1FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#72CCFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#72CCFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCFA

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCFA	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BBF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.108 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbfc',
    500: '#72ccfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccfa;
$custom-light: #a4dbfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.294,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80657,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCFA

secondary

#D66F3B

accent

#4E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCFA

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

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