#72BBB7#72BBB7

#72BBB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.073 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBB7
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 183)
HSL	hsl(177, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -23.71, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 24.26, 192.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0721 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.073 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2538, 42.5346, 51.2483)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBB7 #BB7276

analogous

#72BB93 #72BBB7 #729BBB

triadic

#72BBB7 #B772BB #BBB772

tetradic

#72BBB7 #9372BB #BB7276 #9BBB72

square

#72BBB7 #9372BB #BB7276 #9BBB72

split-complementary

#72BBB7 #BB729B #BB9372

monochromatic

#3A7875 #4EA29D #72BBB7 #9BCFCC #C5E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BBB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#72BBB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBB7

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBB7	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.073 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfcc',
    500: '#72bbb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbb7;
$custom-light: #9ecfcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.712,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.07348,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBB7

secondary

#D3B6B8

accent

#5D63CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBB7

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

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