#72BEBC#72BEBC

#72BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.076 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEBC
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -23.98, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 24.81, 194.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0736 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.076 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4266, 44.0327, 54.2522)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEBC #BE7274

analogous

#72BE96 #72BEBC #729ABE

triadic

#72BEBC #BC72BE #BEBC72

tetradic

#72BEBC #9672BE #BE7274 #9ABE72

square

#72BEBC #9672BE #BE7274 #9ABE72

split-complementary

#72BEBC #BE729A #BE9672

monochromatic

#397C7B #4DA6A4 #72BEBC #9CD1D0 #C6E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#72BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEBC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEBC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.076 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d0',
    500: '#72bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bebc;
$custom-light: #9fd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.07568,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEBC

secondary

#D5B7B8

accent

#5B5ECD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEBC

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

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