#72BBAC#72BBAC

#72BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.077 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBAC
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -26.33, 0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 26.34, 179.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0768 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.077 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1533, 42.0944, 45.4525)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBAC #BB7281

analogous

#72BB88 #72BBAC #72A6BB

triadic

#72BBAC #AC72BB #BBAC72

tetradic

#72BBAC #8872BB #BB7281 #A6BB72

square

#72BBAC #8872BB #BB7281 #A6BB72

split-complementary

#72BBAC #BB72A6 #BB8872

monochromatic

#3A786C #4EA291 #72BBAC #9BCFC4 #C5E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#72BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBAC

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBAC	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.077 179.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.671,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73977,
    "c": 0.07681,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBAC

secondary

#D3B6BC

accent

#5D73CB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBAC

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

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