#72B2BF#72B2BF

#72B2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.068 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2BF
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -17.08, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 21.51, 217.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0578 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.068 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2604, 39.1776, 55.1422)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2BF #BF7F72

analogous

#72BFA6 #72B2BF #728CBF

triadic

#72B2BF #BF72B2 #B2BF72

tetradic

#72B2BF #A672BF #BF7F72 #8CBF72

square

#72B2BF #A672BF #BF7F72 #8CBF72

split-complementary

#72B2BF #BF728C #BFA672

monochromatic

#39727E #4C98A8 #72B2BF #9CC9D2 #C6E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#72B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2BF

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2BF	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.068 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9d2',
    500: '#72b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2bf;
$custom-light: #9ec9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.13,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.06802,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2BF

secondary

#D5BDB8

accent

#6E5ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2BF

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

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