#72BFBF#72BFBF

#72BFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.076 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFBF
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -23.73, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 24.88, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0735 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.076 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9706, 44.5980, 56.0456)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFBF #BF7272

analogous

#72BF99 #72BFBF #7299BF

triadic

#72BFBF #BF72BF #BFBF72

tetradic

#72BFBF #9972BF #BF7272 #99BF72

square

#72BFBF #9972BF #BF7272 #99BF72

split-complementary

#72BFBF #BF7299 #BF9972

monochromatic

#397E7E #4CA8A8 #72BFBF #9CD2D2 #C6E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#72BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFBF

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFBF	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.076 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2d2',
    500: '#72bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfbf;
$custom-light: #9fd2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7551,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFBF

secondary

#D5B8B8

accent

#5A5ACE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFBF

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

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