#72BBAD#72BBAD

#72BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.076 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBAD
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -26.10, -0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 26.10, 180.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0764 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.076 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2497, 42.1330, 45.9602)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBAD #BB7280

analogous

#72BB89 #72BBAD #72A5BB

triadic

#72BBAD #AD72BB #BBAD72

tetradic

#72BBAD #8972BB #BB7280 #A5BB72

square

#72BBAD #8972BB #BB7280 #A5BB72

split-complementary

#72BBAD #BB72A5 #BB8972

monochromatic

#3A786D #4EA292 #72BBAD #9BCFC5 #C5E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#72BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBAD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBAD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.076 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfc5',
    500: '#72bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbad;
$custom-light: #9ecfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.493,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74007,
    "c": 0.07638,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBAD

secondary

#D3B6BC

accent

#5D72CB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBAD

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

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