#72BCAD#72BCAD

#72BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.078 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCAD
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -26.59, 0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 26.60, 179.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0776 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.078 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4626, 42.5588, 46.0311)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCAD #BC7281

analogous

#72BC88 #72BCAD #72A6BC

triadic

#72BCAD #AD72BC #BCAD72

tetradic

#72BCAD #8872BC #BC7281 #A6BC72

square

#72BCAD #8872BC #BC7281 #A6BC72

split-complementary

#72BCAD #BC72A6 #BC8872

monochromatic

#3A7A6D #4EA392 #72BCAD #9BD0C5 #C5E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#72BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCAD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCAD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.078 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0c5',
    500: '#72bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcad;
$custom-light: #9ed0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.838,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74242,
    "c": 0.0776,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCAD

secondary

#D3B6BC

accent

#5C73CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCAD

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

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