#72BCAC#72BCAC

#72BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.078 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCAC
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(167, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -26.83, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 26.84, 178.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.078 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.078 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3662, 42.5202, 45.5234)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCAC #BC7282

analogous

#72BC87 #72BCAC #72A7BC

triadic

#72BCAC #AC72BC #BCAC72

tetradic

#72BCAC #8772BC #BC7282 #A7BC72

square

#72BCAC #8772BC #BC7282 #A7BC72

split-complementary

#72BCAC #BC72A7 #BC8772

monochromatic

#3A7A6C #4EA391 #72BCAC #9BD0C4 #C5E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#72BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCAC

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B6B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.078 178.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74212,
    "c": 0.07806,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCAC

secondary

#D3B6BD

accent

#5C74CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCAC

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

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