#72BFBC#72BFBC

#72BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.077 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFBC
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -24.47, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 25.19, 193.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0748 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.077 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6439, 44.4673, 54.3247)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFBC #BF7275

analogous

#72BF95 #72BFBC #729CBF

triadic

#72BFBC #BC72BF #BFBC72

tetradic

#72BFBC #9572BF #BF7275 #9CBF72

square

#72BFBC #9572BF #BF7275 #9CBF72

split-complementary

#72BFBC #BF729C #BF9572

monochromatic

#397E7B #4CA8A4 #72BFBC #9CD2D0 #C6E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#72BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFBC

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFBC	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)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.077 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2d0',
    500: '#72bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfbc;
$custom-light: #9fd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.662,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75411,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFBC

secondary

#D5B8B9

accent

#5A5FCE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFBC

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

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