#72BBC0#72BBC0

#72BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.073 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBC0
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 192)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -21.46, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 23.55, 204.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0683 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.073 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2206, 42.9214, 56.3403)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBC0 #C07772

analogous

#72C09E #72BBC0 #7294C0

triadic

#72BBC0 #C072BB #BBC072

tetradic

#72BBC0 #9E72C0 #C07772 #94C072

square

#72BBC0 #9E72C0 #C07772 #94C072

split-complementary

#72BBC0 #C07294 #C09E72

monochromatic

#397A7F #4CA3A9 #72BBC0 #9CCFD3 #C7E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#72BBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBC0

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBC0	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)

#B1B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.073 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfd3',
    500: '#72bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbc0;
$custom-light: #9fcfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.846,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74618,
    "c": 0.07334,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBC0

secondary

#D6BAB8

accent

#615ACE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBC0

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

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