#72BCA2#72BCA2

#72BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.084 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCA2
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(159, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -29.09, 5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 29.69, 168.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0825 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.084 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4417, 42.1504, 40.6545)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCA2 #BC728C

analogous

#72BC7D #72BCA2 #72B1BC

triadic

#72BCA2 #A272BC #BCA272

tetradic

#72BCA2 #7D72BC #BC728C #B1BC72

square

#72BCA2 #7D72BC #BC728C #B1BC72

split-complementary

#72BCA2 #BC72B1 #BC7D72

monochromatic

#3A7A63 #4EA385 #72BCA2 #9BD0BD #C5E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#72BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCA2

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCA2	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)

#B8B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.084 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0bd',
    500: '#72bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bca2;
$custom-light: #9ed0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.919,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73923,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCA2

secondary

#D3B6C1

accent

#5C83CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCA2

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

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