#72BDBE#72BDBE

#72BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.075 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDBE
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -22.98, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 24.27, 198.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0715 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.075 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4278, 43.6878, 55.3236)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDBE #BE7372

analogous

#72BE99 #72BDBE #7297BE

triadic

#72BDBE #BE72BD #BDBE72

tetradic

#72BDBE #9972BE #BE7372 #97BE72

square

#72BDBE #9972BE #BE7372 #97BE72

split-complementary

#72BDBE #BE7297 #BE9972

monochromatic

#397B7C #4DA5A6 #72BDBE #9CD1D1 #C6E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#72BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDBE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDBE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.075 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d1',
    500: '#72bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdbe;
$custom-light: #9fd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.789,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75013,
    "c": 0.07473,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDBE

secondary

#D5B8B7

accent

#5C5BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDBE

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

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