#72BBC8#72BBC8

#72BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.075 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBC8
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -19.40, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 23.75, 215.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0651 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.075 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1312, 43.2856, 61.1361)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBC8 #C87F72

analogous

#72C8AA #72BBC8 #7290C8

triadic

#72BBC8 #C872BB #BBC872

tetradic

#72BBC8 #AA72C8 #C87F72 #90C872

square

#72BBC8 #AA72C8 #C87F72 #90C872

split-complementary

#72BBC8 #C87290 #C8AA72

monochromatic

#367D8A #47A5B6 #72BBC8 #9ED0D9 #CAE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#72BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBC8

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBC8	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.075 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfd8',
    500: '#72bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbc8;
$custom-light: #9fcfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.07,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74897,
    "c": 0.0752,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBC8

secondary

#DBC0BB

accent

#432EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBC8

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

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