#72BBBA#72BBBA

#72BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.073 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBBA
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -22.97, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 23.92, 196.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0708 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.073 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5694, 42.6608, 52.9103)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBBA #BB7273

analogous

#72BB96 #72BBBA #7298BB

triadic

#72BBBA #BA72BB #BBBA72

tetradic

#72BBBA #9672BB #BB7273 #98BB72

square

#72BBBA #9672BB #BB7273 #98BB72

split-complementary

#72BBBA #BB7298 #BB9672

monochromatic

#3A7878 #4EA2A1 #72BBBA #9BCFCE #C5E3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#72BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBBA

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBBA	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.073 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfce',
    500: '#72bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbba;
$custom-light: #9ecfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.178,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74417,
    "c": 0.07316,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBBA

secondary

#D3B6B6

accent

#5D5ECB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBBA

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

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