#72B2C2#72B2C2

#72B2C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.069 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2C2
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(192, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -16.30, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 21.87, 221.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0566 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.069 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5939, 39.3110, 56.8987)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2C2 #C28272

analogous

#72C2AA #72B2C2 #728AC2

triadic

#72B2C2 #C272B2 #B2C272

tetradic

#72B2C2 #AA72C2 #C28272 #8AC272

square

#72B2C2 #AA72C2 #C28272 #8AC272

split-complementary

#72B2C2 #C2728A #C2AA72

monochromatic

#387382 #4B99AC #72B2C2 #9DC9D4 #C7E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72B2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#72B2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2C2

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2C2	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.069 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9d4',
    500: '#72b2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2c2;
$custom-light: #9ec9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.06934,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2C2

secondary

#D7BFB9

accent

#4C33B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2C2

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

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