#72BCAB#72BCAB

#72BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.079 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCAB
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(166, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -27.06, 1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 27.09, 177.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0785 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.079 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2705, 42.4819, 45.0195)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCAB #BC7283

analogous

#72BC86 #72BCAB #72A8BC

triadic

#72BCAB #AB72BC #BCAB72

tetradic

#72BCAB #8672BC #BC7283 #A8BC72

square

#72BCAB #8672BC #BC7283 #A8BC72

split-complementary

#72BCAB #BC72A8 #BC8672

monochromatic

#3A7A6B #4EA390 #72BCAB #9BD0C4 #C5E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#72BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCAB

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCAB	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.079 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0c4',
    500: '#72bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcab;
$custom-light: #9ed0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.216,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74182,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCAB

secondary

#D3B6BD

accent

#5C76CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCAB

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

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