#72BDCA#72BDCA

#72BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.077 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDCA
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -19.90, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 24.24, 214.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0666 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.077 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7937, 44.2342, 62.5175)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDCA #CA7F72

analogous

#72CAAB #72BDCA #7291CA

triadic

#72BDCA #CA72BD #BDCA72

tetradic

#72BDCA #AB72CA #CA7F72 #91CA72

square

#72BDCA #AB72CA #CA7F72 #91CA72

split-complementary

#72BDCA #CA7291 #CAAB72

monochromatic

#35808D #46A8B9 #72BDCA #9ED2DB #CBE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#72BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDCA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDCA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.077 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1da',
    500: '#72bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdca;
$custom-light: #9fd1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.864,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75427,
    "c": 0.07676,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDCA

secondary

#DCC0BC

accent

#422DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDCA

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

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