#72BDBC#72BDBC

#72BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.075 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDBC
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -23.47, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 24.45, 196.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0724 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.075 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2107, 43.6010, 54.1803)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDBC #BD7273

analogous

#72BD97 #72BDBC #7299BD

triadic

#72BDBC #BC72BD #BDBC72

tetradic

#72BDBC #9772BD #BD7273 #99BD72

square

#72BDBC #9772BD #BD7273 #99BD72

split-complementary

#72BDBC #BD7299 #BD9772

monochromatic

#3A7B7A #4DA5A4 #72BDBC #9CD1D0 #C5E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#72BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDBC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDBC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.075 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d0',
    500: '#72bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdbc;
$custom-light: #9fd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74947,
    "c": 0.0748,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDBC

secondary

#D4B7B7

accent

#5C5DCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDBC

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

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