#72BBC4#72BBC4

#72BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.074 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBC4
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 42%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -20.44, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 23.55, 209.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0667 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.074 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6699, 43.1010, 58.7062)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBC4 #C47B72

analogous

#72C4A4 #72BBC4 #7292C4

triadic

#72BBC4 #C472BB #BBC472

tetradic

#72BBC4 #A472C4 #C47B72 #92C472

square

#72BBC4 #A472C4 #C47B72 #92C472

split-complementary

#72BBC4 #C47292 #C4A472

monochromatic

#377C84 #49A4AF #72BBC4 #9DD0D6 #C8E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#72BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBC4

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBC4	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.074 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfd5',
    500: '#72bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbc4;
$custom-light: #9fcfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.585,
    "s": 41,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74756,
    "c": 0.07403,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBC4

secondary

#D8BDB9

accent

#4031B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FA

border

#CDD2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBC4

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

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