#72BEBD#72BEBD

#72BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.076 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEBD
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -23.73, -6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 24.71, 196.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0732 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.076 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5347, 44.0759, 54.8219)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEBD #BE7273

analogous

#72BE97 #72BEBD #7299BE

triadic

#72BEBD #BD72BE #BEBD72

tetradic

#72BEBD #9772BE #BE7273 #99BE72

square

#72BEBD #9772BE #BE7273 #99BE72

split-complementary

#72BEBD #BE7299 #BE9772

monochromatic

#397C7B #4DA6A5 #72BEBD #9CD1D1 #C6E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#72BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEBD

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEBD	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.076 194.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.211,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.0756,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEBD

secondary

#D5B7B8

accent

#5B5CCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEBD

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

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