#72BDBF#72BDBF

#72BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.075 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDBF
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -22.72, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 24.21, 200.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0711 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.075 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5375, 43.7317, 55.9012)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDBF #BF7472

analogous

#72BF9A #72BDBF #7297BF

triadic

#72BDBF #BF72BD #BDBF72

tetradic

#72BDBF #9A72BF #BF7472 #97BF72

square

#72BDBF #9A72BF #BF7472 #97BF72

split-complementary

#72BDBF #BF7297 #BF9A72

monochromatic

#397C7E #4CA5A8 #72BDBF #9CD1D2 #C6E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#72BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDBF

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDBF	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.075 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d2',
    500: '#72bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdbf;
$custom-light: #9fd1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.558,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75047,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDBF

secondary

#D5B8B8

accent

#5D5ACE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDBF

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

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