#72BBC3#72BBC3

#72BBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.074 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBC3
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 195)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 42%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -20.69, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 23.53, 208.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0671 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.074 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5564, 43.0557, 58.1088)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBC3 #C37A72

analogous

#72C3A2 #72BBC3 #7292C3

triadic

#72BBC3 #C372BB #BBC372

tetradic

#72BBC3 #A272C3 #C37A72 #92C372

square

#72BBC3 #A272C3 #C37A72 #92C372

split-complementary

#72BBC3 #C37292 #C3A272

monochromatic

#387B83 #4AA4AE #72BBC3 #9DD0D5 #C8E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#72BBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBC3

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBC3	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.074 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfd5',
    500: '#72bbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbc3;
$custom-light: #9fcfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.926,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74721,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBC3

secondary

#D8BCB9

accent

#3F32B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FA

border

#CDD2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBC3

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

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