#72B8BD#72B8BD

#72B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.071 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8BD
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -20.69, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 22.76, 204.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0659 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.071 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2619, 41.5302, 54.3976)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8BD #BD7772

analogous

#72BD9D #72B8BD #7293BD

triadic

#72B8BD #BD72B8 #B8BD72

tetradic

#72B8BD #9D72BD #BD7772 #93BD72

square

#72B8BD #9D72BD #BD7772 #93BD72

split-complementary

#72B8BD #BD7293 #BD9D72

monochromatic

#3A777B #4D9FA5 #72B8BD #9CCDD1 #C5E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#72B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#72B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8BD

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8BD	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.071 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecdd0',
    500: '#72b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8bd;
$custom-light: #9ecdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8BD

secondary

#D4B9B7

accent

#635CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8BD

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

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