#72BCBA#72BCBA

#72BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.074 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCBA
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -23.47, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 24.29, 194.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.072 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.074 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7823, 43.0866, 52.9812)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCBA #BC7274

analogous

#72BC95 #72BCBA #7299BC

triadic

#72BCBA #BA72BC #BCBA72

tetradic

#72BCBA #9572BC #BC7274 #99BC72

square

#72BCBA #9572BC #BC7274 #99BC72

split-complementary

#72BCBA #BC7299 #BC9572

monochromatic

#3A7A78 #4EA3A1 #72BCBA #9BD0CE #C5E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#72BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCBA

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCBA	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)

#B4B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.074 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0ce',
    500: '#72bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcba;
$custom-light: #9ed0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.378,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74649,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCBA

secondary

#D3B6B7

accent

#5C5FCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCBA

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

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