#72ACBB#72ACBB

#72ACBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.064 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACBB
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -14.97, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 20.26, 222.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0519 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.064 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6585, 36.6683, 52.4663)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACBB #BB8172

analogous

#72BBA6 #72ACBB #7288BB

triadic

#72ACBB #BB72AC #ACBB72

tetradic

#72ACBB #A672BB #BB8172 #88BB72

square

#72ACBB #A672BB #BB8172 #88BB72

split-complementary

#72ACBB #BB7288 #BBA672

monochromatic

#3A6C78 #4E91A2 #72ACBB #9BC4CF #C5DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72ACBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#72ACBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACBB

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACBB	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.064 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4cf',
    500: '#72acbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acbb;
$custom-light: #9ec4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.329,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70993,
    "c": 0.06404,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACBB

secondary

#D3BCB6

accent

#735DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACBB

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

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