#72B4BD#72B4BD

#72B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.068 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4BD
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -18.64, -11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 21.75, 211.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.061 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.068 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4427, 39.8918, 54.1246)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4BD #BD7B72

analogous

#72BDA1 #72B4BD #728FBD

triadic

#72B4BD #BD72B4 #B4BD72

tetradic

#72B4BD #A172BD #BD7B72 #8FBD72

square

#72B4BD #A172BD #BD7B72 #8FBD72

split-complementary

#72B4BD #BD728F #BDA172

monochromatic

#3A737B #4D9AA5 #72B4BD #9CCAD1 #C5E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#72B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4BD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4BD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.068 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecad0',
    500: '#72b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4bd;
$custom-light: #9ecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72901,
    "c": 0.06834,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4BD

secondary

#D4BAB7

accent

#695CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4BD

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

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