#72BBBB#72BBBB

#72BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.073 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBBB
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -22.72, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 23.83, 197.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0704 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.073 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6761, 42.7035, 53.4721)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBBB #BB7272

analogous

#72BB97 #72BBBB #7297BB

triadic

#72BBBB #BB72BB #BBBB72

tetradic

#72BBBB #9772BB #BB7272 #97BB72

square

#72BBBB #9772BB #BB7272 #97BB72

split-complementary

#72BBBB #BB7297 #BB9772

monochromatic

#3A7878 #4EA2A2 #72BBBB #9BCFCF #C5E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#72BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBBB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBBB	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.073 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfcf',
    500: '#72bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbbb;
$custom-light: #9ecfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7445,
    "c": 0.07312,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBBB

secondary

#D3B6B6

accent

#5D5DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBBB

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

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