#72BFBD#72BFBD

#72BFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.076 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFBD
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -24.23, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 25.08, 194.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0744 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.076 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7521, 44.5106, 54.8944)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFBD #BF7274

analogous

#72BF97 #72BFBD #729ABF

triadic

#72BFBD #BD72BF #BFBD72

tetradic

#72BFBD #9772BF #BF7274 #9ABF72

square

#72BFBD #9772BF #BF7274 #9ABF72

split-complementary

#72BFBD #BF729A #BF9772

monochromatic

#397E7C #4CA8A5 #72BFBD #9CD2D1 #C6E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#72BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFBD

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFBD	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.076 193.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.442,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75444,
    "c": 0.07649,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFBD

secondary

#D5B8B8

accent

#5A5DCE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFBD

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

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