#72B4BE#72B4BE

#72B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.069 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4BE
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -18.38, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 21.79, 212.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0606 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.069 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5516, 39.9354, 54.6982)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4BE #BE7C72

analogous

#72BEA2 #72B4BE #728EBE

triadic

#72B4BE #BE72B4 #B4BE72

tetradic

#72B4BE #A272BE #BE7C72 #8EBE72

square

#72B4BE #A272BE #BE7C72 #8EBE72

split-complementary

#72B4BE #BE728E #BEA272

monochromatic

#39737C #4D9AA6 #72B4BE #9CCAD1 #C6E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#72B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4BE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4BE	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.069 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecad1',
    500: '#72b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4be;
$custom-light: #9ecad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72936,
    "c": 0.06861,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4BE

secondary

#D5BBB7

accent

#6A5BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4BE

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

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