#72BBAE#72BBAE

#72BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.076 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBAE
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -25.87, -0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 25.87, 181.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0759 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.076 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3469, 42.1718, 46.4717)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBAE #BB727F

analogous

#72BB8A #72BBAE #72A4BB

triadic

#72BBAE #AE72BB #BBAE72

tetradic

#72BBAE #8A72BB #BB727F #A4BB72

square

#72BBAE #8A72BB #BB727F #A4BB72

split-complementary

#72BBAE #BB72A4 #BB8A72

monochromatic

#3A786D #4EA293 #72BBAE #9BCFC6 #C5E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#72BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBAE

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBAE	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)

#B5B3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.076 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfc6',
    500: '#72bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbae;
$custom-light: #9ecfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.315,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74037,
    "c": 0.07597,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBAE

secondary

#D3B6BB

accent

#5D70CB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBAE

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

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