#72BCB2#72BCB2

#72BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.076 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCB2
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(172, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -25.41, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 25.51, 184.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0754 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.076 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9555, 42.7559, 48.6270)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCB2 #BC727C

analogous

#72BC8D #72BCB2 #72A1BC

triadic

#72BCB2 #B272BC #BCB272

tetradic

#72BCB2 #8D72BC #BC727C #A1BC72

square

#72BCB2 #8D72BC #BC727C #A1BC72

split-complementary

#72BCB2 #BC72A1 #BC8D72

monochromatic

#3A7A71 #4EA398 #72BCB2 #9BD0C9 #C5E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#72BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCB2

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCB2	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.076 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0c9',
    500: '#72bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcb2;
$custom-light: #9ed0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74394,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCB2

secondary

#D3B6BA

accent

#5C6BCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCB2

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

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