#72BCB0#72BCB0

#72BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.076 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCB0
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(170, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(170, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -25.89, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 25.92, 182.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0763 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.076 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7562, 42.6762, 47.5771)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCB0 #BC727E

analogous

#72BC8B #72BCB0 #72A3BC

triadic

#72BCB0 #B072BC #BCB072

tetradic

#72BCB0 #8B72BC #BC727E #A3BC72

square

#72BCB0 #8B72BC #BC727E #A3BC72

split-complementary

#72BCB0 #BC72A3 #BC8B72

monochromatic

#3A7A6F #4EA395 #72BCB0 #9BD0C7 #C5E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#72BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCB0

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCB0	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.076 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0c7',
    500: '#72bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcb0;
$custom-light: #9ed0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.27,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74333,
    "c": 0.07638,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCB0

secondary

#D3B6BB

accent

#5C6ECC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCB0

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

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