#72BFCE#72BFCE

#72BFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.079 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFCE
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -19.87, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 24.88, 217.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0674 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.079 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7067, 45.2924, 65.1886)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFCE #CE8172

analogous

#72CEAF #72BFCE #7291CE

triadic

#72BFCE #CE72BF #BFCE72

tetradic

#72BFCE #AF72CE #CE8172 #91CE72

square

#72BFCE #AF72CE #CE8172 #91CE72

split-complementary

#72BFCE #CE7291 #CEAF72

monochromatic

#338393 #45AABE #72BFCE #9FD4DE #CDE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#72BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFCE

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFCE	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.079 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d2dd',
    500: '#72bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfce;
$custom-light: #a0d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.783,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76028,
    "c": 0.07902,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFCE

secondary

#DFC3BD

accent

#422ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFCE

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

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