#72AFBC#72AFBC

#72AFBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.066 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFBC
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -16.29, -12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 20.75, 218.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0553 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.066 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3433, 37.8661, 53.2245)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFBC #BC7F72

analogous

#72BCA4 #72AFBC #728ABC

triadic

#72AFBC #BC72AF #AFBC72

tetradic

#72AFBC #A472BC #BC7F72 #8ABC72

square

#72AFBC #A472BC #BC7F72 #8ABC72

split-complementary

#72AFBC #BC728A #BCA472

monochromatic

#3A6F7A #4E94A3 #72AFBC #9BC7D0 #C5DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#72AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFBC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFBC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.066 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7d0',
    500: '#72afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afbc;
$custom-light: #9ec7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.541,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71716,
    "c": 0.06557,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFBC

secondary

#D3BCB6

accent

#705CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFBC

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

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