#72B6A2#72B6A2

#72B6A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.076 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B6A2
RGB	rgb(114, 182, 162)
HSL	hsl(162, 32%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(162, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 0%, 11%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -26.16, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 26.38, 172.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.075 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.076 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1865, 39.6400, 40.2361)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B6A2 #B67286

analogous

#72B680 #72B6A2 #72A8B6

triadic

#72B6A2 #A272B6 #B6A272

tetradic

#72B6A2 #8072B6 #B67286 #A8B672

square

#72B6A2 #8072B6 #B67286 #A8B672

split-complementary

#72B6A2 #B672A8 #B68072

monochromatic

#3B7262 #509B85 #72B6A2 #9ACBBD #C3E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#72B6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#72B6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B6A2

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B6A2	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 182, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.076 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dccbd',
    500: '#72b6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b6a2;
$custom-light: #9dccbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72504,
    "c": 0.07551,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B6A2

secondary

#CFB4BC

accent

#607EC8

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B6A2

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

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