#72CBBE#72CBBE

#72CBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.088 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBBE
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 190)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(171, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 6.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -29.86, -1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 29.92, 183.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0882 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.088 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5859, 50.0041, 56.3763)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBBE #CB727F

analogous

#72CB92 #72CBBE #72ACCB

triadic

#72CBBE #BE72CB #CBBE72

tetradic

#72CBBE #9272CB #CB727F #ACCB72

square

#72CBBE #9272CB #CB727F #ACCB72

split-complementary

#72CBBE #CB72AC #CB9272

monochromatic

#348E81 #45BBA9 #72CBBE #9FDBD3 #CBECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72CBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#72CBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBBE

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBBE	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DCEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.088 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dbd1',
    500: '#72cbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbbe;
$custom-light: #a0dbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.236,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78271,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBBE

secondary

#954C57

accent

#2C41B9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBBE

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

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