#72B2AE#72B2AE

#72B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.066 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2AE
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -21.35, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 21.81, 191.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0648 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.066 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4970, 38.4722, 45.8551)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2AE #B27276

analogous

#72B28E #72B2AE #7296B2

triadic

#72B2AE #AE72B2 #B2AE72

tetradic

#72B2AE #8E72B2 #B27276 #96B272

square

#72B2AE #8E72B2 #B27276 #96B272

split-complementary

#72B2AE #B27296 #B28E72

monochromatic

#3C6E6B #529591 #72B2AE #9AC8C5 #C1DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#72B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2AE

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2AE	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.066 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc9c6',
    500: '#72b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2ae;
$custom-light: #9dc9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71932,
    "c": 0.06596,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2AE

secondary

#CDB3B5

accent

#6268C6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2AE

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

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