#72BCBF#72BCBF

#72BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.074 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCBF
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -22.22, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 23.89, 201.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0699 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.074 199)
XYZ	xyz(34.3231, 43.3030, 55.8298)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCBF #BF7572

analogous

#72BF9C #72BCBF #7295BF

triadic

#72BCBF #BF72BC #BCBF72

tetradic

#72BCBF #9C72BF #BF7572 #95BF72

square

#72BCBF #9C72BF #BF7572 #95BF72

split-complementary

#72BCBF #BF7295 #BF9C72

monochromatic

#397B7E #4CA4A8 #72BCBF #9CD0D2 #C6E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#72BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCBF

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCBF	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.074 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0d2',
    500: '#72bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcbf;
$custom-light: #9fd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.338,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.07397,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.43305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCBF

secondary

#D5B9B8

accent

#5F5ACE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCBF

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

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