#72B9BE#72B9BE

#72B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.072 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B9BE
RGB	rgb(114, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -20.95, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 23.03, 204.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0667 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.072 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5792, 41.9907, 55.0408)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B9BE #BE7772

analogous

#72BE9D #72B9BE #7293BE

triadic

#72B9BE #BE72B9 #B9BE72

tetradic

#72B9BE #9D72BE #BE7772 #93BE72

square

#72B9BE #9D72BE #BE7772 #93BE72

split-complementary

#72B9BE #BE7293 #BE9D72

monochromatic

#39787C #4DA0A6 #72B9BE #9CCED1 #C6E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#72B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B9BE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B9BE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.072 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9eced1',
    500: '#72b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b9be;
$custom-light: #9eced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74088,
    "c": 0.0717,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B9BE

secondary

#D5B9B7

accent

#625BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B9BE

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

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