#72BBAB#72BBAB

#72BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.077 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBAB
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(167, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(167, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -26.57, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 26.58, 178.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0772 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.077 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0577, 42.0562, 44.9486)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBAB #BB7282

analogous

#72BB87 #72BBAB #72A7BB

triadic

#72BBAB #AB72BB #BBAB72

tetradic

#72BBAB #8772BB #BB7282 #A7BB72

square

#72BBAB #8772BB #BB7282 #A7BB72

split-complementary

#72BBAB #BB72A7 #BB8772

monochromatic

#3A786B #4EA28F #72BBAB #9BCFC4 #C5E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#72BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBAB

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBAB	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.077 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfc4',
    500: '#72bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbab;
$custom-light: #9ecfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.849,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73947,
    "c": 0.07728,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBAB

secondary

#D3B6BC

accent

#5D75CB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBAB

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

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