#72BBC2#72BBC2

#72BBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.074 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBC2
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 194)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -20.95, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 23.53, 207.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0675 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.074 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4437, 43.0106, 57.5153)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBC2 #C27972

analogous

#72C2A1 #72BBC2 #7293C2

triadic

#72BBC2 #C272BB #BBC272

tetradic

#72BBC2 #A172C2 #C27972 #93C272

square

#72BBC2 #A172C2 #C27972 #93C272

split-complementary

#72BBC2 #C27293 #C2A172

monochromatic

#387B82 #4BA4AC #72BBC2 #9DD0D4 #C7E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#72BBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBC2

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBC2	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.074 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfd4',
    500: '#72bbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbc2;
$custom-light: #9fcfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.25,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.07362,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBC2

secondary

#D7BBB9

accent

#3E33B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FA

border

#CDD2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBC2

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

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