#72BEBF#72BEBF

#72BEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.076 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEBF
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -23.23, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 24.54, 198.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0723 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.076 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7533, 44.1634, 55.9732)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEBF #BF7372

analogous

#72BF99 #72BEBF #7298BF

triadic

#72BEBF #BF72BE #BEBF72

tetradic

#72BEBF #9972BF #BF7372 #98BF72

square

#72BEBF #9972BF #BF7372 #98BF72

split-complementary

#72BEBF #BF7298 #BF9972

monochromatic

#397D7E #4CA6A8 #72BEBF #9CD1D2 #C6E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#72BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEBF

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEBF	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.076 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d2',
    500: '#72bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bebf;
$custom-light: #9fd1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.779,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75278,
    "c": 0.07554,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEBF

secondary

#D5B8B8

accent

#5C5ACE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEBF

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

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