#72BCBC#72BCBC

#72BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.074 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCBC
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -22.97, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 24.09, 197.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0712 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.074 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9964, 43.1723, 54.1088)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCBC #BC7272

analogous

#72BC97 #72BCBC #7297BC

triadic

#72BCBC #BC72BC #BCBC72

tetradic

#72BCBC #9772BC #BC7272 #97BC72

square

#72BCBC #9772BC #BC7272 #97BC72

split-complementary

#72BCBC #BC7297 #BC9772

monochromatic

#3A7A7A #4EA3A3 #72BCBC #9BD0D0 #C5E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#72BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCBC

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCBC	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.074 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0d0',
    500: '#72bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcbc;
$custom-light: #9ed0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74715,
    "c": 0.07393,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCBC

secondary

#D3B6B6

accent

#5C5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCBC

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

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