#72BEBE#72BEBE

#72BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.076 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEBE
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -23.48, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 24.62, 197.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0727 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.076 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6436, 44.1195, 55.3956)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEBE #BE7272

analogous

#72BE98 #72BEBE #7298BE

triadic

#72BEBE #BE72BE #BEBE72

tetradic

#72BEBE #9872BE #BE7272 #98BE72

square

#72BEBE #9872BE #BE7272 #98BE72

split-complementary

#72BEBE #BE7298 #BE9872

monochromatic

#397C7C #4DA6A6 #72BEBE #9CD1D1 #C6E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#72BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEBE

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEBE	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)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.076 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d1',
    500: '#72bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bebe;
$custom-light: #9fd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75245,
    "c": 0.07556,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEBE

secondary

#D5B7B7

accent

#5B5BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEBE

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

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