#72BCAE#72BCAE

#72BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.077 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCAE
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -26.36, -0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 26.36, 180.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0772 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.077 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5597, 42.5976, 46.5426)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCAE #BC7280

analogous

#72BC89 #72BCAE #72A5BC

triadic

#72BCAE #AE72BC #BCAE72

tetradic

#72BCAE #8972BC #BC7280 #A5BC72

square

#72BCAE #8972BC #BC7280 #A5BC72

split-complementary

#72BCAE #BC72A5 #BC8972

monochromatic

#3A7A6E #4EA393 #72BCAE #9BD0C6 #C5E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#72BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCAE

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCAE	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.077 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0c6',
    500: '#72bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcae;
$custom-light: #9ed0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.649,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCAE

secondary

#D3B6BC

accent

#5C71CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCAE

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

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