#72BDCB#72BDCB

#72BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.077 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDCB
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -19.64, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 24.31, 216.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0662 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.077 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9125, 44.2817, 63.1431)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDCB #CB8072

analogous

#72CBAD #72BDCB #7291CB

triadic

#72BDCB #CB72BD #BDCB72

tetradic

#72BDCB #AD72CB #CB8072 #91CB72

square

#72BDCB #AD72CB #CB8072 #91CB72

split-complementary

#72BDCB #CB7291 #CBAD72

monochromatic

#34808E #45A8BB #72BDCB #9FD2DB #CBE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#72BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDCB

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDCB	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.077 210.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.438,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75463,
    "c": 0.07711,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDCB

secondary

#DDC1BC

accent

#422CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDCB

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

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