#72BFC2#72BFC2

#72BFC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.076 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFC2
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 1.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -22.97, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 24.67, 201.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0723 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.076 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3042, 44.7314, 57.8021)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFC2 #C27572

analogous

#72C29D #72BFC2 #7297C2

triadic

#72BFC2 #C272BF #BFC272

tetradic

#72BFC2 #9D72C2 #C27572 #97C272

square

#72BFC2 #9D72C2 #C27572 #97C272

split-complementary

#72BFC2 #C27297 #C29D72

monochromatic

#387F82 #4BA9AC #72BFC2 #9DD2D4 #C7E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BFC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#72BFC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFC2

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFC2	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.076 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2d4',
    500: '#72bfc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfc2;
$custom-light: #9fd2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.25,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7561,
    "c": 0.0764,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFC2

secondary

#D7BAB9

accent

#3833B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFC2

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

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