#72BBAF#72BBAF

#72BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.076 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBAF
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(170, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(170, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -25.63, -1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 25.65, 182.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0755 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.076 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4447, 42.2110, 46.9870)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBAF #BB727E

analogous

#72BB8B #72BBAF #72A3BB

triadic

#72BBAF #AF72BB #BBAF72

tetradic

#72BBAF #8B72BB #BB727E #A3BB72

square

#72BBAF #8B72BB #BB727E #A3BB72

split-complementary

#72BBAF #BB72A3 #BB8B72

monochromatic

#3A786E #4EA294 #72BBAF #9BCFC6 #C5E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#72BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBAF

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBAF	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.076 182.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.137,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.07559,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBAF

secondary

#D3B6BB

accent

#5D6FCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBAF

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

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