#72BABE#72BABE

#72BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.072 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BABE
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -21.46, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 23.32, 203.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0679 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.072 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7892, 42.4105, 55.1107)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BABE #BE7672

analogous

#72BE9C #72BABE #7294BE

triadic

#72BABE #BE72BA #BABE72

tetradic

#72BABE #9C72BE #BE7672 #94BE72

square

#72BABE #9C72BE #BE7672 #94BE72

split-complementary

#72BABE #BE7294 #BE9C72

monochromatic

#39797C #4DA1A6 #72BABE #9CCED1 #C6E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#72BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BABE

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BABE	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.072 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfd1',
    500: '#72babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72babe;
$custom-light: #9ecfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.07241,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BABE

secondary

#D5B9B7

accent

#615BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BABE

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

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