#72BBBE#72BBBE

#72BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.073 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBBE
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -21.97, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 23.62, 201.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0691 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.073 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0006, 42.8333, 55.1812)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBBE #BE7572

analogous

#72BE9B #72BBBE #7295BE

triadic

#72BBBE #BE72BB #BBBE72

tetradic

#72BBBE #9B72BE #BE7572 #95BE72

square

#72BBBE #9B72BE #BE7572 #95BE72

split-complementary

#72BBBE #BE7295 #BE9B72

monochromatic

#397A7C #4DA3A6 #72BBBE #9CCFD1 #C6E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#72BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBBE

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBBE	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.073 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfd1',
    500: '#72bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbbe;
$custom-light: #9ecfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.368,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBBE

secondary

#D5B8B7

accent

#5F5BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBBE

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

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