#72BBBC#72BBBC

#72BBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.073 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBBC
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -22.47, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 23.75, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.07 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.073 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7835, 42.7465, 54.0379)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBBC #BC7372

analogous

#72BC98 #72BBBC #7296BC

triadic

#72BBBC #BC72BB #BBBC72

tetradic

#72BBBC #9872BC #BC7372 #96BC72

square

#72BBBC #9872BC #BC7372 #96BC72

split-complementary

#72BBBC #BC7296 #BC9872

monochromatic

#3A797A #4EA2A3 #72BBBC #9BCFD0 #C5E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#72BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBBC

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBBC	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.073 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfd0',
    500: '#72bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbbc;
$custom-light: #9ecfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.811,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.0731,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBBC

secondary

#D3B7B6

accent

#5E5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBBC

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

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