#72BFC0#72BFC0

#72BFC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.076 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFC0
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -23.48, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 24.80, 198.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0731 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.076 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0811, 44.6422, 56.6271)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFC0 #C07372

analogous

#72C09A #72BFC0 #7298C0

triadic

#72BFC0 #C072BF #BFC072

tetradic

#72BFC0 #9A72C0 #C07372 #98C072

square

#72BFC0 #9A72C0 #C07372 #98C072

split-complementary

#72BFC0 #C07298 #C09A72

monochromatic

#397E7F #4CA8A9 #72BFC0 #9CD2D3 #C7E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BFC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#72BFC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFC0

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFC0	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.076 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2d3',
    500: '#72bfc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfc0;
$custom-light: #9fd2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.769,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.07635,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFC0

secondary

#D6B8B8

accent

#5B5ACE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFC0

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

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