#72ADBE#72ADBE

#72ADBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.066 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADBE
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -14.72, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 20.82, 225.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.052 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.066 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1740, 37.1802, 54.2390)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADBE #BE8372

analogous

#72BEA9 #72ADBE #7287BE

triadic

#72ADBE #BE72AD #ADBE72

tetradic

#72ADBE #A972BE #BE8372 #87BE72

square

#72ADBE #A972BE #BE8372 #87BE72

split-complementary

#72ADBE #BE7287 #BEA972

monochromatic

#396D7C #4D92A6 #72ADBE #9CC5D1 #C6DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#72ADBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#72ADBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADBE

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADBE	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72adbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.066 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec5d1',
    500: '#72adbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72adbe;
$custom-light: #9ec5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72adbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.421,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.06589,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADBE

secondary

#D5BEB7

accent

#745BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADBE

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

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