#72BEC2#72BEC2

#72BEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.076 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEC2
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -22.47, -9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 24.36, 202.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0711 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.076 200)
XYZ	xyz(35.0868, 44.2968, 57.7297)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEC2 #C27672

analogous

#72C29E #72BEC2 #7296C2

triadic

#72BEC2 #C272BE #BEC272

tetradic

#72BEC2 #9E72C2 #C27672 #96C272

square

#72BEC2 #9E72C2 #C27672 #96C272

split-complementary

#72BEC2 #C27296 #C29E72

monochromatic

#387E82 #4BA7AC #72BEC2 #9DD2D4 #C7E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#72BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEC2

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEC2	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.076 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d4',
    500: '#72bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bec2;
$custom-light: #9fd1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.07566,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.44299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEC2

secondary

#D7BAB9

accent

#3933B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F9FA

border

#CDD2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEC2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →