#72B2BC#72B2BC

#72B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.067 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2BC
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -17.86, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 21.27, 212.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.059 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.067 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9337, 39.0469, 53.4213)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2BC #BC7C72

analogous

#72BCA1 #72B2BC #728DBC

triadic

#72B2BC #BC72B2 #B2BC72

tetradic

#72B2BC #A172BC #BC7C72 #8DBC72

square

#72B2BC #A172BC #BC7C72 #8DBC72

split-complementary

#72B2BC #BC728D #BCA172

monochromatic

#3A717A #4E98A3 #72B2BC #9BC9D0 #C5DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#72B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2BC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2BC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.067 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9d0',
    500: '#72b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2bc;
$custom-light: #9ec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72405,
    "c": 0.06697,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2BC

secondary

#D3BAB6

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2BC

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

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