#72BFCC#72BFCC

#72BFCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.078 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFCC
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -20.39, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 24.73, 214.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0682 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.078 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4652, 45.1959, 63.9171)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFCC #CC7F72

analogous

#72CCAC #72BFCC #7292CC

triadic

#72BFCC #CC72BF #BFCC72

tetradic

#72BFCC #AC72CC #CC7F72 #92CC72

square

#72BFCC #AC72CC #CC7F72 #92CC72

split-complementary

#72BFCC #CC7292 #CCAC72

monochromatic

#348290 #45ABBC #72BFCC #9FD3DC #CCE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#72BFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFCC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFCC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.078 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2db',
    500: '#72bfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfcc;
$custom-light: #9fd2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75956,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFCC

secondary

#DDC1BC

accent

#402BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFCC

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

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