#72BFBA#72BFBA

#72BFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.077 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFBA
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -24.97, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 25.46, 191.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0756 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.077 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4298, 44.3817, 53.1971)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFBA #BF7277

analogous

#72BF94 #72BFBA #729EBF

triadic

#72BFBA #BA72BF #BFBA72

tetradic

#72BFBA #9472BF #BF7277 #9EBF72

square

#72BFBA #9472BF #BF7277 #9EBF72

split-complementary

#72BFBA #BF729E #BF9472

monochromatic

#397E79 #4CA8A2 #72BFBA #9CD2CF #C6E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#72BFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFBA

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFBA	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.077 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2ce',
    500: '#72bfba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfba;
$custom-light: #9fd2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.104,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75347,
    "c": 0.07688,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFBA

secondary

#D5B8B9

accent

#5A62CE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFBA

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

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