#72B2A1#72B2A1

#72B2A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.071 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2A1
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 161)
HSL	hsl(164, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 9.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -24.40, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 24.50, 174.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0704 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.071 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2905, 37.9896, 39.5006)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2A1 #B27283

analogous

#72B281 #72B2A1 #72A3B2

triadic

#72B2A1 #A172B2 #B2A172

tetradic

#72B2A1 #8172B2 #B27283 #A3B272

square

#72B2A1 #8172B2 #B27283 #A3B272

split-complementary

#72B2A1 #B272A3 #B28172

monochromatic

#3C6E60 #529583 #72B2A1 #9AC8BB #C1DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72B2A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#72B2A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2A1

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2A1	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)

#AEABA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.071 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9bc',
    500: '#72b2a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2a1;
$custom-light: #9dc9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.063,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71531,
    "c": 0.07065,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2A1

secondary

#CDB3BA

accent

#627DC6

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2A1

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

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