#72BFCB#72BFCB

#72BFCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.078 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFCB
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -20.66, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 24.67, 213.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0686 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.078 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3457, 45.1481, 63.2875)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFCB #CB7E72

analogous

#72CBAB #72BFCB #7293CB

triadic

#72BFCB #CB72BF #BFCB72

tetradic

#72BFCB #AB72CB #CB7E72 #93CB72

square

#72BFCB #AB72CB #CB7E72 #93CB72

split-complementary

#72BFCB #CB7293 #CBAB72

monochromatic

#34828E #45ABBB #72BFCB #9FD3DB #CBE8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#72BFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFCB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFCB	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.078 208.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.09,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75921,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFCB

secondary

#DDC0BC

accent

#3F2CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFCB

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

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