#72BDB5#72BDB5

#72BDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.076 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDB5
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -25.19, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 25.40, 187.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0754 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.076 187)
XYZ	xyz(33.4744, 43.3064, 50.3022)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDB5 #BD727A

analogous

#72BD90 #72BDB5 #72A0BD

triadic

#72BDB5 #B572BD #BDB572

tetradic

#72BDB5 #9072BD #BD727A #A0BD72

square

#72BDB5 #9072BD #BD727A #A0BD72

split-complementary

#72BDB5 #BD72A0 #BD9072

monochromatic

#3A7B74 #4DA59B #72BDB5 #9CD1CB #C5E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#72BDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDB5

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDB5	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)

#B6B6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.076 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1cb',
    500: '#72bdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdb5;
$custom-light: #9ed1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74722,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.43309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDB5

secondary

#D4B7BA

accent

#5C68CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDB5

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

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