#72B7BF#72B7BF

#72B7BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.071 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B7BF
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -19.67, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 22.50, 209.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0639 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.071 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2734, 41.2036, 55.4799)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B7BF #BF7A72

analogous

#72BFA1 #72B7BF #7290BF

triadic

#72B7BF #BF72B7 #B7BF72

tetradic

#72B7BF #A172BF #BF7A72 #90BF72

square

#72B7BF #A172BF #BF7A72 #90BF72

split-complementary

#72B7BF #BF7290 #BFA172

monochromatic

#39767E #4C9EA8 #72B7BF #9CCCD2 #C6E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#72B7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#72B7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B7BF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B7BF	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.071 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9eccd2',
    500: '#72b7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b7bf;
$custom-light: #9eccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.234,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73661,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B7BF

secondary

#D5BBB8

accent

#665ACE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B7BF

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

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