#72BDC2#72BDC2

#72BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.075 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDC2
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -21.96, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 24.07, 204.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0699 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.075 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8710, 43.8651, 57.6577)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDC2 #C27772

analogous

#72C29F #72BDC2 #7295C2

triadic

#72BDC2 #C272BD #BDC272

tetradic

#72BDC2 #9F72C2 #C27772 #95C272

square

#72BDC2 #9F72C2 #C27772 #95C272

split-complementary

#72BDC2 #C27295 #C29F72

monochromatic

#387D82 #4BA6AC #72BDC2 #9DD1D4 #C7E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#72BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDC2

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDC2	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B7C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.075 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d4',
    500: '#72bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdc2;
$custom-light: #9fd1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75148,
    "c": 0.07496,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDC2

secondary

#D7BBB9

accent

#3B33B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FA

border

#CDD2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDC2

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

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