#72ACBC#72ACBC

#72ACBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.065 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACBC
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -14.71, -14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 20.41, 223.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0515 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.065 217)
XYZ	xyz(30.7659, 36.7113, 53.0320)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACBC #BC8272

analogous

#72BCA7 #72ACBC #7287BC

triadic

#72ACBC #BC72AC #ACBC72

tetradic

#72ACBC #A772BC #BC8272 #87BC72

square

#72ACBC #A772BC #BC8272 #87BC72

split-complementary

#72ACBC #BC7287 #BCA772

monochromatic

#3A6C7A #4E91A3 #72ACBC #9BC4D0 #C5DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#72ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACBC

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACBC	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.065 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d0',
    500: '#72acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acbc;
$custom-light: #9ec4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7103,
    "c": 0.06455,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.36713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACBC

secondary

#D3BDB6

accent

#745CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACBC

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

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