#72B2BB#72B2BB

#72B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.067 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2BB
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -18.11, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 21.22, 211.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0594 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.067 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8262, 39.0039, 52.8555)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2BB #BB7B72

analogous

#72BBA0 #72B2BB #728EBB

triadic

#72B2BB #BB72B2 #B2BB72

tetradic

#72B2BB #A072BB #BB7B72 #8EBB72

square

#72B2BB #A072BB #BB7B72 #8EBB72

split-complementary

#72B2BB #BB728E #BBA072

monochromatic

#3A7178 #4E97A2 #72B2BB #9BC9CF #C5DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#72B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2BB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2BB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.067 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9cf',
    500: '#72b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2bb;
$custom-light: #9ec9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.06668,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2BB

secondary

#D3BAB6

accent

#6A5DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2BB

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

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