#72BCBD#72BCBD

#72BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.074 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCBD
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -22.72, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 24.01, 198.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0708 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.074 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1045, 43.2155, 54.6785)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCBD #BD7372

analogous

#72BD99 #72BCBD #7297BD

triadic

#72BCBD #BD72BC #BCBD72

tetradic

#72BCBD #9972BD #BD7372 #97BD72

square

#72BCBD #9972BD #BD7372 #97BD72

split-complementary

#72BCBD #BD7297 #BD9972

monochromatic

#3A7A7B #4DA4A5 #72BCBD #9CD0D1 #C5E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#72BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCBD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B3B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.074 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0d0',
    500: '#72bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcbd;
$custom-light: #9fd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74748,
    "c": 0.07391,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCBD

secondary

#D4B7B7

accent

#5D5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCBD

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

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