#72B7BB#72B7BB

#72B7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.070 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B7BB
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -20.69, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 22.52, 203.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0655 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.07 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8393, 41.0300, 53.1932)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B7BB #BB7672

analogous

#72BB9B #72B7BB #7293BB

triadic

#72B7BB #BB72B7 #B7BB72

tetradic

#72B7BB #9B72BB #BB7672 #93BB72

square

#72B7BB #9B72BB #BB7672 #93BB72

split-complementary

#72B7BB #BB7293 #BB9B72

monochromatic

#3A7578 #4E9DA2 #72B7BB #9BCCCF #C5E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72B7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#72B7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B7BB

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B7BB	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.070 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecccf',
    500: '#72b7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b7bb;
$custom-light: #9ecccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.288,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73524,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B7BB

secondary

#D3B8B6

accent

#635DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B7BB

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

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