#72B4BB#72B4BB

#72B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.068 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4BB
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -19.15, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 21.69, 208.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0618 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.068 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2271, 39.8056, 52.9891)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4BB #BB7972

analogous

#72BB9E #72B4BB #7290BB

triadic

#72B4BB #BB72B4 #B4BB72

tetradic

#72B4BB #9E72BB #BB7972 #90BB72

square

#72B4BB #9E72BB #BB7972 #90BB72

split-complementary

#72B4BB #BB7290 #BB9E72

monochromatic

#3A7378 #4E9AA2 #72B4BB #9BCACF #C5E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#72B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4BB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4BB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.068 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecacf',
    500: '#72b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4bb;
$custom-light: #9ecacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.753,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.06788,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4BB

secondary

#D3B9B6

accent

#675DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4BB

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

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