#72BBBF#72BBBF

#72BBBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.073 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBBF
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -21.71, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 23.58, 202.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0687 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.073 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1102, 42.8772, 55.7588)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBBF #BF7672

analogous

#72BF9D #72BBBF #7295BF

triadic

#72BBBF #BF72BB #BBBF72

tetradic

#72BBBF #9D72BF #BF7672 #95BF72

square

#72BBBF #9D72BF #BF7672 #95BF72

split-complementary

#72BBBF #BF7295 #BF9D72

monochromatic

#397A7E #4CA3A8 #72BBBF #9CCFD2 #C6E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#72BBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBBF

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBBF	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.073 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfd2',
    500: '#72bbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbbf;
$custom-light: #9fcfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.117,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.07323,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBBF

secondary

#D5B9B8

accent

#605ACE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBBF

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

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