#72ACBF#72ACBF

#72ACBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.066 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACBF
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -13.92, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 20.96, 228.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0503 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.066 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0926, 36.8420, 54.7529)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACBF #BF8572

analogous

#72BFAB #72ACBF #7286BF

triadic

#72ACBF #BF72AC #ACBF72

tetradic

#72ACBF #AB72BF #BF8572 #86BF72

square

#72ACBF #AB72BF #BF8572 #86BF72

split-complementary

#72ACBF #BF7286 #BFAB72

monochromatic

#396D7E #4C91A8 #72ACBF #9CC5D2 #C6DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72ACBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#72ACBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACBF

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACBF	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.066 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d2',
    500: '#72acbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acbf;
$custom-light: #9ec4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.805,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71141,
    "c": 0.06626,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACBF

secondary

#D5BFB8

accent

#775ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACBF

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

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