#72AFBE#72AFBE

#72AFBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.066 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFBE
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -15.77, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 21.00, 221.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0545 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.066 215)
XYZ	xyz(31.5604, 37.9529, 54.3678)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFBE #BE8172

analogous

#72BEA7 #72AFBE #7289BE

triadic

#72AFBE #BE72AF #AFBE72

tetradic

#72AFBE #A772BE #BE8172 #89BE72

square

#72AFBE #A772BE #BE8172 #89BE72

split-complementary

#72AFBE #BE7289 #BEA772

monochromatic

#396F7C #4D95A6 #72AFBE #9CC7D1 #C6DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#72AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFBE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFBE	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.066 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7d1',
    500: '#72afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afbe;
$custom-light: #9ec7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.842,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71789,
    "c": 0.06647,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.37955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFBE

secondary

#D5BDB7

accent

#715BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFBE

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

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