#72BEBB#72BEBB

#72BEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.076 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEBB
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -24.22, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 24.93, 193.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.074 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.076 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3191, 43.9897, 53.6865)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEBB #BE7275

analogous

#72BE95 #72BEBB #729BBE

triadic

#72BEBB #BB72BE #BEBB72

tetradic

#72BEBB #9572BE #BE7275 #9BBE72

square

#72BEBB #9572BE #BE7275 #9BBE72

split-complementary

#72BEBB #BE729B #BE9572

monochromatic

#397C7A #4DA6A3 #72BEBB #9CD1CF #C6E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#72BEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEBB

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEBB	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.076 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1cf',
    500: '#72bebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bebb;
$custom-light: #9fd1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.632,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75147,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEBB

secondary

#D5B7B8

accent

#5B5FCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEBB

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

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