#72BFBE#72BFBE

#72BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.076 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFBE
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -23.98, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 24.97, 196.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0739 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.076 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8610, 44.5542, 55.4680)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFBE #BF7273

analogous

#72BF98 #72BFBE #7299BF

triadic

#72BFBE #BE72BF #BFBE72

tetradic

#72BFBE #9872BF #BF7273 #99BF72

square

#72BFBE #9872BF #BF7273 #99BF72

split-complementary

#72BFBE #BF7299 #BF9872

monochromatic

#397E7D #4CA8A6 #72BFBE #9CD2D1 #C6E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#72BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFBE

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFBE	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.076 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2d1',
    500: '#72bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfbe;
$custom-light: #9fd2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.221,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75477,
    "c": 0.07641,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFBE

secondary

#D5B8B8

accent

#5A5CCE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFBE

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

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