#72BECE#72BECE

#72BECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.079 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BECE
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -19.36, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 24.74, 218.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0662 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.079 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4893, 44.8578, 65.1161)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BECE #CE8272

analogous

#72CEB0 #72BECE #7290CE

triadic

#72BECE #CE72BE #BECE72

tetradic

#72BECE #B072CE #CE8272 #90CE72

square

#72BECE #B072CE #CE8272 #90CE72

split-complementary

#72BECE #CE7290 #CEB072

monochromatic

#338293 #45A9BE #72BECE #9FD3DE #CDE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#72BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BECE

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BECE	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.079 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1dd',
    500: '#72bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bece;
$custom-light: #a0d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75799,
    "c": 0.07866,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BECE

secondary

#DFC3BD

accent

#432ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BECE

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

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