#72B4BC#72B4BC

#72B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.068 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4BC
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -18.89, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 21.71, 209.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0614 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.068 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3345, 39.8486, 53.5549)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4BC #BC7A72

analogous

#72BC9F #72B4BC #728FBC

triadic

#72B4BC #BC72B4 #B4BC72

tetradic

#72B4BC #9F72BC #BC7A72 #8FBC72

square

#72B4BC #9F72BC #BC7A72 #8FBC72

split-complementary

#72B4BC #BC728F #BC9F72

monochromatic

#3A737A #4E9AA3 #72B4BC #9BCAD0 #C5E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#72B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4BC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4BC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.068 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecad0',
    500: '#72b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4bc;
$custom-light: #9ecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72866,
    "c": 0.0681,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4BC

secondary

#D3BAB6

accent

#685CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4BC

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

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