#72BBB2#72BBB2

#72BBB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.075 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBB2
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -24.92, -2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 25.06, 186.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0742 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.075 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7426, 42.3301, 48.5560)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBB2 #BB727B

analogous

#72BB8E #72BBB2 #72A0BB

triadic

#72BBB2 #B272BB #BBB272

tetradic

#72BBB2 #8E72BB #BB727B #A0BB72

square

#72BBB2 #8E72BB #BB727B #A0BB72

split-complementary

#72BBB2 #BB72A0 #BB8E72

monochromatic

#3A7871 #4EA297 #72BBB2 #9BCFC9 #C5E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72BBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#72BBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBB2

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBB2	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)

#B4B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.075 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfc9',
    500: '#72bbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbb2;
$custom-light: #9ecfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.603,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.07458,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBB2

secondary

#D3B6BA

accent

#5D6ACB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBB2

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

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