#72BABA#72BABA

#72BABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.072 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BABA
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -22.46, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 23.56, 197.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0696 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.072 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3580, 42.2380, 52.8398)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BABA #BA7272

analogous

#72BA96 #72BABA #7296BA

triadic

#72BABA #BA72BA #BABA72

tetradic

#72BABA #9672BA #BA7272 #96BA72

square

#72BABA #9672BA #BA7272 #96BA72

split-complementary

#72BABA #BA7296 #BA9672

monochromatic

#3A7777 #4EA0A0 #72BABA #9BCECE #C4E2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72BABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#72BABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BABA

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BABA	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.072 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfce',
    500: '#72baba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baba;
$custom-light: #9ecfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74185,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BABA

secondary

#D2B6B6

accent

#5D5DCA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BABA

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

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