#72BFCF#72BFCF

#72BFCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.079 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFCF
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -19.60, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 24.97, 218.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.067 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.079 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8285, 45.3412, 65.8304)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFCF #CF8272

analogous

#72CFB1 #72BFCF #7290CF

triadic

#72BFCF #CF72BF #BFCF72

tetradic

#72BFCF #B172CF #CF8272 #90CF72

square

#72BFCF #B172CF #CF8272 #90CF72

split-complementary

#72BFCF #CF7290 #CFB172

monochromatic

#328394 #44AABF #72BFCF #A0D4DF #CDE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#72BFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFCF

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFCF	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.079 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d2dd',
    500: '#72bfcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfcf;
$custom-light: #a0d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.323,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76064,
    "c": 0.07942,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFCF

secondary

#DFC3BE

accent

#4229BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFCF

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

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