#72BBCB#72BBCB

#72BBCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.076 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBCB
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -18.61, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 24.03, 219.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0639 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.076 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4853, 43.4272, 63.0007)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBCB #CB8272

analogous

#72CBAF #72BBCB #728ECB

triadic

#72BBCB #CB72BB #BBCB72

tetradic

#72BBCB #AF72CB #CB8272 #8ECB72

square

#72BBCB #AF72CB #CB8272 #8ECB72

split-complementary

#72BBCB #CB728E #CBAF72

monochromatic

#347E8E #45A5BB #72BBCB #9FD1DB #CBE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#72BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBCB

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBCB	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.076 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfda',
    500: '#72bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbcb;
$custom-light: #9fcfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.787,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75005,
    "c": 0.07637,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBCB

secondary

#DDC2BC

accent

#462CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBCB

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

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