#72B1B0#72B1B0

#72B1B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.065 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1B0
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 176)
HSL	hsl(179, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -20.35, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 21.19, 196.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0627 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.065 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4952, 38.1543, 46.8235)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1B0 #B17273

analogous

#72B191 #72B1B0 #7293B1

triadic

#72B1B0 #B072B1 #B1B072

tetradic

#72B1B0 #9172B1 #B17273 #93B172

square

#72B1B0 #9172B1 #B17273 #93B172

split-complementary

#72B1B0 #B17293 #B19172

monochromatic

#3C6D6C #529493 #72B1B0 #99C7C6 #C1DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72B1B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#72B1B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1B0

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1B0	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.065 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8c7',
    500: '#72b1b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1b0;
$custom-light: #9dc8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.048,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.06477,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1B0

secondary

#CCB3B3

accent

#6364C5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1B0

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

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