#72BEC7#72BEC7

#72BEC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.076 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEC7
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 199)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 4.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -21.19, -11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 24.31, 209.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.069 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.076 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6578, 44.5252, 60.7370)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEC7 #C77B72

analogous

#72C7A6 #72BEC7 #7294C7

triadic

#72BEC7 #C772BE #BEC772

tetradic

#72BEC7 #A672C7 #C77B72 #94C772

square

#72BEC7 #A672C7 #C77B72 #94C772

split-complementary

#72BEC7 #C77294 #C7A672

monochromatic

#368088 #48A9B4 #72BEC7 #9ED2D8 #CAE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#72BEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEC7

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEC7	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.076 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d8',
    500: '#72bec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bec7;
$custom-light: #9fd1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.353,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75551,
    "c": 0.07643,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEC7

secondary

#DABEBB

accent

#3E2FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEC7

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

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