#72BCB5#72BCB5

#72BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.075 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCB5
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -24.69, -3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 24.97, 188.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0741 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.075 188)
XYZ	xyz(33.2600, 42.8777, 50.2307)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCB5 #BC7279

analogous

#72BC90 #72BCB5 #729EBC

triadic

#72BCB5 #B572BC #BCB572

tetradic

#72BCB5 #9072BC #BC7279 #9EBC72

square

#72BCB5 #9072BC #BC7279 #9EBC72

split-complementary

#72BCB5 #BC729E #BC9072

monochromatic

#3A7A74 #4EA39B #72BCB5 #9BD0CB #C5E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#72BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCB5

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCB5	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.075 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0cb',
    500: '#72bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcb5;
$custom-light: #9ed0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.324,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74488,
    "c": 0.07488,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.4288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCB5

secondary

#D3B6B9

accent

#5C67CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCB5

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

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