#72BFBB#72BFBB

#72BFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.077 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFBB
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 187)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(177, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -24.72, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 25.32, 192.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0752 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.077 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5365, 44.4244, 53.7589)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFBB #BF7276

analogous

#72BF95 #72BFBB #729DBF

triadic

#72BFBB #BB72BF #BFBB72

tetradic

#72BFBB #9572BF #BF7276 #9DBF72

square

#72BFBB #9572BF #BF7276 #9DBF72

split-complementary

#72BFBB #BF729D #BF9572

monochromatic

#397E7A #4CA8A3 #72BFBB #9CD2CF #C6E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#72BFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFBB

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFBB	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.077 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2cf',
    500: '#72bfbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfbb;
$custom-light: #9fd2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.883,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.07673,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFBB

secondary

#D5B8B9

accent

#5A60CE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFBB

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

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