#72BCAF#72BCAF

#72BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.077 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCAF
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -26.12, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 26.13, 181.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0767 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.077 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6576, 42.6367, 47.0580)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCAF #BC727F

analogous

#72BC8A #72BCAF #72A4BC

triadic

#72BCAF #AF72BC #BCAF72

tetradic

#72BCAF #8A72BC #BC727F #A4BC72

square

#72BCAF #8A72BC #BC727F #A4BC72

split-complementary

#72BCAF #BC72A4 #BC8A72

monochromatic

#3A7A6F #4EA394 #72BCAF #9BD0C7 #C5E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#72BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCAF

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCAF	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.077 181.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.459,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.07676,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCAF

secondary

#D3B6BC

accent

#5C70CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCAF

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

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