#72BFCD#72BFCD

#72BFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.079 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFCD
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -20.13, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 24.80, 215.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0678 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.079 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5856, 45.2440, 64.5508)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFCD #CD8072

analogous

#72CDAE #72BFCD #7291CD

triadic

#72BFCD #CD72BF #BFCD72

tetradic

#72BFCD #AE72CD #CD8072 #91CD72

square

#72BFCD #AE72CD #CD8072 #91CD72

split-complementary

#72BFCD #CD7291 #CDAE72

monochromatic

#338391 #45AABD #72BFCD #9FD4DD #CCE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#72BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFCD

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFCD	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.079 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d2dc',
    500: '#72bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfcd;
$custom-light: #a0d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75992,
    "c": 0.07866,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFCD

secondary

#DEC2BD

accent

#412BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFCD

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

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