#72BCC2#72BCC2

#72BCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.074 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCC2
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 194)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -21.46, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 23.79, 205.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0687 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.074 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6566, 43.4364, 57.5863)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCC2 #C27872

analogous

#72C2A0 #72BCC2 #7294C2

triadic

#72BCC2 #C272BC #BCC272

tetradic

#72BCC2 #A072C2 #C27872 #94C272

square

#72BCC2 #A072C2 #C27872 #94C272

split-complementary

#72BCC2 #C27294 #C2A072

monochromatic

#387C82 #4BA5AC #72BCC2 #9DD0D4 #C7E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#72BCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCC2

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCC2	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.074 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0d4',
    500: '#72bcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcc2;
$custom-light: #9fd0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74917,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCC2

secondary

#D7BBB9

accent

#3C33B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FA

border

#CDD2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCC2

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

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