#72BCBB#72BCBB

#72BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.074 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCBB
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -23.22, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 24.18, 196.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0716 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.074 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8889, 43.1293, 53.5431)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCBB #BC7273

analogous

#72BC96 #72BCBB #7298BC

triadic

#72BCBB #BB72BC #BCBB72

tetradic

#72BCBB #9672BC #BC7273 #98BC72

square

#72BCBB #9672BC #BC7273 #98BC72

split-complementary

#72BCBB #BC7298 #BC9672

monochromatic

#3A7A79 #4EA3A2 #72BCBB #9BD0CF #C5E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#72BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCBB

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCBB	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.074 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0cf',
    500: '#72bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcbb;
$custom-light: #9ed0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.189,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74682,
    "c": 0.07398,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCBB

secondary

#D3B6B7

accent

#5C5ECC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCBB

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

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