#72BFCA#72BFCA

#72BFCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.078 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFCA
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -20.92, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 24.62, 211.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.069 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.078 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2269, 45.1005, 62.6619)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFCA #CA7D72

analogous

#72CAA9 #72BFCA #7293CA

triadic

#72BFCA #CA72BF #BFCA72

tetradic

#72BFCA #A972CA #CA7D72 #93CA72

square

#72BFCA #A972CA #CA7D72 #93CA72

split-complementary

#72BFCA #CA7293 #CAA972

monochromatic

#35828D #46ABB9 #72BFCA #9ED3DB #CBE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72BFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#72BFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFCA

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFCA	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.078 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2da',
    500: '#72bfca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfca;
$custom-light: #9fd2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75885,
    "c": 0.07771,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFCA

secondary

#DCC0BC

accent

#3E2DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFCA

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

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