#72B2BE#72B2BE

#72B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.068 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2BE
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -17.34, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 21.42, 215.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0582 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.068 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1508, 39.1337, 54.5646)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2BE #BE7E72

analogous

#72BEA4 #72B2BE #728CBE

triadic

#72B2BE #BE72B2 #B2BE72

tetradic

#72B2BE #A472BE #BE7E72 #8CBE72

square

#72B2BE #A472BE #BE7E72 #8CBE72

split-complementary

#72B2BE #BE728C #BEA472

monochromatic

#39727C #4D98A6 #72B2BE #9CC9D1 #C6E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#72B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2BE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2BE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.068 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec9d1',
    500: '#72b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2be;
$custom-light: #9ec9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72476,
    "c": 0.06764,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2BE

secondary

#D5BCB7

accent

#6D5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2BE

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

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