#72BBB3#72BBB3

#72BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.074 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBB3
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -24.68, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 24.88, 187.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0738 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.074 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8434, 42.3705, 49.0867)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBB3 #BB727A

analogous

#72BB8F #72BBB3 #729FBB

triadic

#72BBB3 #B372BB #BBB372

tetradic

#72BBB3 #8F72BB #BB727A #9FBB72

square

#72BBB3 #8F72BB #BB727A #9FBB72

split-complementary

#72BBB3 #BB729F #BB8F72

monochromatic

#3A7872 #4EA299 #72BBB3 #9BCFC9 #C5E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#72BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBB3

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBB3	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)

#B4B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.074 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfc9',
    500: '#72bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbb3;
$custom-light: #9ecfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.425,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74192,
    "c": 0.07431,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBB3

secondary

#D3B6B9

accent

#5D69CB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBB3

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

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