#72ABB2#72ABB2

#72ABB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.060 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABB2
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 178)
HSL	hsl(187, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 3.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -16.75, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 19.26, 209.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0543 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.06 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5354, 35.9157, 47.4870)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABB2 #B27972

analogous

#72B299 #72ABB2 #728BB2

triadic

#72ABB2 #B272AB #ABB272

tetradic

#72ABB2 #9972B2 #B27972 #8BB272

square

#72ABB2 #9972B2 #B27972 #8BB272

split-complementary

#72ABB2 #B2728B #B29972

monochromatic

#3C686E #528E95 #72ABB2 #9AC3C8 #C1DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#72ABB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#72ABB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABB2

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABB2	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.060 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc4c9',
    500: '#72abb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abb2;
$custom-light: #9dc4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.563,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.06023,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABB2

secondary

#CDB6B3

accent

#6D62C6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABB2

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

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