#72B1BE#72B1BE

#72B1BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.067 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1BE
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -16.82, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 21.26, 217.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0569 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.067 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9525, 38.7372, 54.4985)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1BE #BE7F72

analogous

#72BEA5 #72B1BE #728BBE

triadic

#72B1BE #BE72B1 #B1BE72

tetradic

#72B1BE #A572BE #BE7F72 #8BBE72

square

#72B1BE #A572BE #BE7F72 #8BBE72

split-complementary

#72B1BE #BE728B #BEA572

monochromatic

#39717C #4D97A6 #72B1BE #9CC8D1 #C6DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72B1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#72B1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1BE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1BE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.067 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec8d1',
    500: '#72b1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1be;
$custom-light: #9ec8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.263,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.06721,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1BE

secondary

#D5BCB7

accent

#6E5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1BE

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

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