#72B1BF#72B1BF

#72B1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.068 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1BF
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -16.56, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 21.37, 219.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0565 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.068 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0622, 38.7811, 55.0761)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1BF #BF8072

analogous

#72BFA7 #72B1BF #728BBF

triadic

#72B1BF #BF72B1 #B1BF72

tetradic

#72B1BF #A772BF #BF8072 #8BBF72

square

#72B1BF #A772BF #BF8072 #8BBF72

split-complementary

#72B1BF #BF728B #BFA772

monochromatic

#39717E #4C97A8 #72B1BF #9CC8D2 #C6E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72B1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#72B1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1BF

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1BF	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.068 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec8d2',
    500: '#72b1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1bf;
$custom-light: #9ec8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72283,
    "c": 0.06763,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1BF

secondary

#D5BDB8

accent

#6F5ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1BF

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

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