#72BECC#72BECC

#72BECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.078 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BECC
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -19.88, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 24.56, 215.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.067 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.078 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2479, 44.7612, 63.8447)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BECC #CC8072

analogous

#72CCAD #72BECC #7291CC

triadic

#72BECC #CC72BE #BECC72

tetradic

#72BECC #AD72CC #CC8072 #91CC72

square

#72BECC #AD72CC #CC8072 #91CC72

split-complementary

#72BECC #CC7291 #CCAD72

monochromatic

#348190 #45A9BC #72BECC #9FD3DC #CCE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#72BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BECC

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BECC	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.078 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1db',
    500: '#72becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72becc;
$custom-light: #9fd1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75727,
    "c": 0.07789,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BECC

secondary

#DDC2BC

accent

#422BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BECC

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

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