#72CCFF#72CCFF

#72CCFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.113 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CCFF
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 255)
HSL	hsl(202, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 20%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -12.92, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 35.63, 248.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0641 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.113 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5756, 53.9790, 102.5529)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CCFF #FFA572

analogous

#72FFEB #72CCFF #7286FF

triadic

#72CCFF #FF72CC #CCFF72

tetradic

#72CCFF #EB72FF #FFA572 #86FF72

square

#72CCFF #EB72FF #FFA572 #86FF72

split-complementary

#72CCFF #FF7286 #FFEB72

monochromatic

#009DF7 #35B6FF #72CCFF #AFE2FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#72CCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#72CCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CCFF

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CCFF	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BCFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ccff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.113 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbff',
    500: '#72ccff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ccff;
$custom-light: #a4dbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ccff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80866,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CCFF

secondary

#DC7439

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CCFF

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

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