#72BABC#72BABC

#72BABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.072 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BABC
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -21.96, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 23.41, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0688 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.072 198)
XYZ	xyz(33.5721, 42.3237, 53.9674)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BABC #BC7472

analogous

#72BC99 #72BABC #7295BC

triadic

#72BABC #BC72BA #BABC72

tetradic

#72BABC #9972BC #BC7472 #95BC72

square

#72BABC #9972BC #BC7472 #95BC72

split-complementary

#72BABC #BC7295 #BC9972

monochromatic

#3A787A #4EA1A3 #72BABC #9BCED0 #C5E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#72BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BABC

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BABC	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.072 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfd0',
    500: '#72babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72babc;
$custom-light: #9ecfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74252,
    "c": 0.07229,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.42326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BABC

secondary

#D3B7B6

accent

#5F5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BABC

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

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