#72B1AC#72B1AC

#72B1AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.065 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1AC
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -21.32, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 21.67, 190.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0644 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.065 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1053, 37.9983, 44.7698)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1AC #B17277

analogous

#72B18D #72B1AC #7297B1

triadic

#72B1AC #AC72B1 #B1AC72

tetradic

#72B1AC #8D72B1 #B17277 #97B172

square

#72B1AC #8D72B1 #B17277 #97B172

split-complementary

#72B1AC #B17297 #B18D72

monochromatic

#3C6D69 #52948F #72B1AC #99C7C3 #C1DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72B1AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#72B1AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1AC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1AC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.065 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8c4',
    500: '#72b1ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1ac;
$custom-light: #9dc8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.238,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71635,
    "c": 0.06529,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1AC

secondary

#CCB3B5

accent

#636BC5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1AC

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

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