#72B2BD#72B2BD

#72B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.067 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2BD
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -17.60, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 21.34, 214.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0586 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.067 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0418, 39.0901, 53.9910)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2BD #BD7D72

analogous

#72BDA3 #72B2BD #728DBD

triadic

#72B2BD #BD72B2 #B2BD72

tetradic

#72B2BD #A372BD #BD7D72 #8DBD72

square

#72B2BD #A372BD #BD7D72 #8DBD72

split-complementary

#72B2BD #BD728D #BDA372

monochromatic

#3A717B #4D98A5 #72B2BD #9CC9D1 #C5E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#72B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2BD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2BD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.067 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9d0',
    500: '#72b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2bd;
$custom-light: #9ec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.06729,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2BD

secondary

#D4BBB7

accent

#6C5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2BD

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

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