#72BCAA#72BCAA

#72BCAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.079 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCAA
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(165, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -27.29, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 27.35, 176.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0789 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.079 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1756, 42.4439, 44.5194)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCAA #BC7284

analogous

#72BC85 #72BCAA #72A9BC

triadic

#72BCAA #AA72BC #BCAA72

tetradic

#72BCAA #8572BC #BC7284 #A9BC72

square

#72BCAA #8572BC #BC7284 #A9BC72

split-complementary

#72BCAA #BC72A9 #BC8572

monochromatic

#3A7A6A #4EA38E #72BCAA #9BD0C3 #C5E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#72BCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCAA

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCAA	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.079 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0c3',
    500: '#72bcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcaa;
$custom-light: #9ed0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74152,
    "c": 0.07905,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCAA

secondary

#D3B6BD

accent

#5C77CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCAA

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

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