#72BCBE#72BCBE

#72BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.074 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCBE
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -22.47, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 23.94, 200.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0703 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.074 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2134, 43.2591, 55.2522)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCBE #BE7472

analogous

#72BE9A #72BCBE #7296BE

triadic

#72BCBE #BE72BC #BCBE72

tetradic

#72BCBE #9A72BE #BE7472 #96BE72

square

#72BCBE #9A72BE #BE7472 #96BE72

split-complementary

#72BCBE #BE7296 #BE9A72

monochromatic

#397B7C #4DA4A6 #72BCBE #9CD0D1 #C6E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#72BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCBE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCBE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.074 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0d1',
    500: '#72bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcbe;
$custom-light: #9fd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74782,
    "c": 0.07393,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCBE

secondary

#D5B8B7

accent

#5E5BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCBE

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

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