#72B2BA#72B2BA

#72B2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.066 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2BA
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(187, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -18.37, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 21.18, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0598 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.066 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7196, 38.9612, 52.2937)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2BA #BA7A72

analogous

#72BA9E #72B2BA #728EBA

triadic

#72B2BA #BA72B2 #B2BA72

tetradic

#72B2BA #9E72BA #BA7A72 #8EBA72

square

#72B2BA #9E72BA #BA7A72 #8EBA72

split-complementary

#72B2BA #BA728E #BA9E72

monochromatic

#3A7077 #4E97A0 #72B2BA #9BC8CE #C4DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72B2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#72B2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2BA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2BA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.066 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9ce',
    500: '#72b2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2ba;
$custom-light: #9ec9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.06643,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2BA

secondary

#D2B9B6

accent

#6A5DCA

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2BA

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

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