#72B8A2#72B8A2

#72B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.078 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8A2
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(161, 33%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(161, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -27.14, 4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 27.47, 171.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0775 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.078 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5991, 40.4651, 40.3736)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8A2 #B87288

analogous

#72B87F #72B8A2 #72ABB8

triadic

#72B8A2 #A272B8 #B8A272

tetradic

#72B8A2 #7F72B8 #B87288 #ABB872

square

#72B8A2 #7F72B8 #B87288 #ABB872

split-complementary

#72B8A2 #B872AB #B87F72

monochromatic

#3B7563 #4F9D85 #72B8A2 #9BCCBD #C3E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#72B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8A2

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8A2	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.078 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcdbd',
    500: '#72b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8a2;
$custom-light: #9dcdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.143,
    "s": 33.019,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72976,
    "c": 0.07827,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8A2

secondary

#D1B5BE

accent

#5F80C9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8A2

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

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