#72BDB2#72BDB2

#72BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.077 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDB2
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(171, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -25.91, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 25.97, 183.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0766 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.077 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1699, 43.1846, 48.6984)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDB2 #BD727D

analogous

#72BD8D #72BDB2 #72A3BD

triadic

#72BDB2 #B272BD #BDB272

tetradic

#72BDB2 #8D72BD #BD727D #A3BD72

square

#72BDB2 #8D72BD #BD727D #A3BD72

split-complementary

#72BDB2 #BD72A3 #BD8D72

monochromatic

#3A7B71 #4DA598 #72BDB2 #9CD1C9 #C5E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#72BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDB2

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDB2	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)

#B6B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.077 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1c9',
    500: '#72bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdb2;
$custom-light: #9ed1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.07682,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDB2

secondary

#D4B7BB

accent

#5C6CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDB2

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

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