#72BECB#72BECB

#72BECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.078 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BECB
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -20.15, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 24.48, 214.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0674 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.078 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1284, 44.7134, 63.2151)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BECB #CB7F72

analogous

#72CBAC #72BECB #7292CB

triadic

#72BECB #CB72BE #BECB72

tetradic

#72BECB #AC72CB #CB7F72 #92CB72

square

#72BECB #AC72CB #CB7F72 #92CB72

split-complementary

#72BECB #CB7292 #CBAC72

monochromatic

#34818E #45A9BB #72BECB #9FD3DB #CBE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#72BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BECB

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BECB	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.078 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1da',
    500: '#72becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72becb;
$custom-light: #9fd1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.764,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75692,
    "c": 0.07755,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BECB

secondary

#DDC1BC

accent

#412CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BECB

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

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