#72ADBD#72ADBD

#72ADBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.065 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADBD
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -14.98, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 20.66, 223.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0524 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.065 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0651, 37.1366, 53.6654)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADBD #BD8272

analogous

#72BDA8 #72ADBD #7288BD

triadic

#72ADBD #BD72AD #ADBD72

tetradic

#72ADBD #A872BD #BD8272 #88BD72

square

#72ADBD #A872BD #BD8272 #88BD72

split-complementary

#72ADBD #BD7288 #BDA872

monochromatic

#3A6D7B #4D92A5 #72ADBD #9CC5D1 #C5DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#72ADBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#72ADBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADBD

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADBD	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72adbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.065 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec5d0',
    500: '#72adbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72adbd;
$custom-light: #9ec5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72adbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71295,
    "c": 0.06535,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADBD

secondary

#D4BDB7

accent

#745CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADBD

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

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