#72BDBD#72BDBD

#72BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.075 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDBD
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -23.23, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 24.36, 197.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.072 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.075 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3189, 43.6442, 54.7500)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDBD #BD7272

analogous

#72BD98 #72BDBD #7298BD

triadic

#72BDBD #BD72BD #BDBD72

tetradic

#72BDBD #9872BD #BD7272 #98BD72

square

#72BDBD #9872BD #BD7272 #98BD72

split-complementary

#72BDBD #BD7298 #BD9872

monochromatic

#3A7B7B #4DA5A5 #72BDBD #9CD1D1 #C5E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#72BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDBD

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDBD	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.075 195.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7498,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDBD

secondary

#D4B7B7

accent

#5C5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDBD

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

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