#72BBB4#72BBB4

#72BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.074 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBB4
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -24.44, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 24.71, 188.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0734 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.074 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9449, 42.4111, 49.6213)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBB4 #BB7279

analogous

#72BB90 #72BBB4 #729EBB

triadic

#72BBB4 #B472BB #BBB472

tetradic

#72BBB4 #9072BB #BB7279 #9EBB72

square

#72BBB4 #9072BB #BB7279 #9EBB72

split-complementary

#72BBB4 #BB729E #BB9072

monochromatic

#3A7873 #4EA29A #72BBB4 #9BCFCA #C5E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#72BBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBB4

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBB4	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)

#B4B4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.074 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfca',
    500: '#72bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbb4;
$custom-light: #9ecfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.247,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74223,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBB4

secondary

#D3B6B9

accent

#5D67CB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBB4

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

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