#72BEC8#72BEC8

#72BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.077 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEC8
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -20.93, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 24.34, 210.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0686 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.077 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7743, 44.5718, 61.3504)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEC8 #C87C72

analogous

#72C8A7 #72BEC8 #7293C8

triadic

#72BEC8 #C872BE #BEC872

tetradic

#72BEC8 #A772C8 #C87C72 #93C872

square

#72BEC8 #A772C8 #C87C72 #93C872

split-complementary

#72BEC8 #C87293 #C8A772

monochromatic

#36808A #47A9B6 #72BEC8 #9ED2D9 #CAE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#72BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEC8

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEC8	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)

#B3B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.077 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d8',
    500: '#72bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bec8;
$custom-light: #9fd1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75586,
    "c": 0.07666,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEC8

secondary

#DBBFBB

accent

#3E2EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEC8

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

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