#72ACBE#72ACBE

#72ACBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.066 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACBE
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -14.19, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 20.76, 226.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0507 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.066 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9830, 36.7981, 54.1753)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACBE #BE8472

analogous

#72BEAA #72ACBE #7286BE

triadic

#72ACBE #BE72AC #ACBE72

tetradic

#72ACBE #AA72BE #BE8472 #86BE72

square

#72ACBE #AA72BE #BE8472 #86BE72

split-complementary

#72ACBE #BE7286 #BEAA72

monochromatic

#396C7C #4D91A6 #72ACBE #9CC5D1 #C6DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72ACBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#72ACBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACBE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACBE	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.066 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d1',
    500: '#72acbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acbe;
$custom-light: #9ec4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71103,
    "c": 0.06566,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACBE

secondary

#D5BEB7

accent

#765BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACBE

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

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