#72BD9D#72BD9D

#72BD9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.089 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BD9D
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(154, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(154, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -30.66, 8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 31.93, 163.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0859 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.089 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2205, 42.4049, 38.4316)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BD9D #BD7292

analogous

#72BD78 #72BD9D #72B8BD

triadic

#72BD9D #9D72BD #BD9D72

tetradic

#72BD9D #7872BD #BD7292 #B8BD72

square

#72BD9D #7872BD #BD7292 #B8BD72

split-complementary

#72BD9D #BD72B8 #BD7872

monochromatic

#3A7B5F #4DA57F #72BD9D #9CD1BA #C5E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#72BD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BD9D

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BD9D	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.089 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1ba',
    500: '#72bd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bd9d;
$custom-light: #9ed1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74025,
    "c": 0.08894,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BD9D

secondary

#D4B7C3

accent

#5C8CCC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BD9D

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

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