#72AFBD#72AFBD

#72AFBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.066 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFBD
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -16.03, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 20.87, 219.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0549 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.066 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4515, 37.9094, 53.7942)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFBD #BD8072

analogous

#72BDA6 #72AFBD #728ABD

triadic

#72AFBD #BD72AF #AFBD72

tetradic

#72AFBD #A672BD #BD8072 #8ABD72

square

#72AFBD #A672BD #BD8072 #8ABD72

split-complementary

#72AFBD #BD728A #BDA672

monochromatic

#3A6F7B #4D94A5 #72AFBD #9CC7D1 #C5DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72AFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#72AFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFBD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFBD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.066 213.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71752,
    "c": 0.066,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFBD

secondary

#D4BCB7

accent

#715CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFBD

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

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