#72AFBF#72AFBF

#72AFBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.067 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFBF
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -15.51, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 21.14, 222.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0541 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.067 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6700, 37.9968, 54.9454)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFBF #BF8272

analogous

#72BFA9 #72AFBF #7288BF

triadic

#72AFBF #BF72AF #AFBF72

tetradic

#72AFBF #A972BF #BF8272 #88BF72

square

#72AFBF #A972BF #BF8272 #88BF72

split-complementary

#72AFBF #BF7288 #BFA972

monochromatic

#396F7E #4C95A8 #72AFBF #9CC7D2 #C6DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#72AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFBF

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFBF	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.067 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7d2',
    500: '#72afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afbf;
$custom-light: #9ec7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.468,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.06696,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFBF

secondary

#D5BEB8

accent

#725ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFBF

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

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