#72BECD#72BECD

#72BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.078 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BECD
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -19.62, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 24.64, 217.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0666 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.078 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3682, 44.8093, 64.4784)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BECD #CD8172

analogous

#72CDAE #72BECD #7291CD

triadic

#72BECD #CD72BE #BECD72

tetradic

#72BECD #AE72CD #CD8172 #91CD72

square

#72BECD #AE72CD #CD8172 #91CD72

split-complementary

#72BECD #CD7291 #CDAE72

monochromatic

#338291 #45A9BD #72BECD #9FD3DD #CCE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#72BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BECD

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BECD	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.078 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1dc',
    500: '#72becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72becd;
$custom-light: #9fd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.89,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75763,
    "c": 0.07826,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BECD

secondary

#DEC2BD

accent

#422BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BECD

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

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