#72AFBB#72AFBB

#72AFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.065 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFBB
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -16.55, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 20.65, 216.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0557 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.065 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2359, 37.8231, 52.6587)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFBB #BB7E72

analogous

#72BBA3 #72AFBB #728BBB

triadic

#72AFBB #BB72AF #AFBB72

tetradic

#72AFBB #A372BB #BB7E72 #8BBB72

square

#72AFBB #A372BB #BB7E72 #8BBB72

split-complementary

#72AFBB #BB728B #BBA372

monochromatic

#3A6E78 #4E94A2 #72AFBB #9BC6CF #C5DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#72AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFBB

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFBB	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.065 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7cf',
    500: '#72afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afbb;
$custom-light: #9ec7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.863,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.06517,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFBB

secondary

#D3BBB6

accent

#6F5DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFBB

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

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