#72BDA2#72BDA2

#72BDA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.085 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDA2
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(158, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(158, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -29.57, 6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 30.25, 167.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0837 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.085 169)
XYZ	xyz(31.6561, 42.5791, 40.7259)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDA2 #BD728D

analogous

#72BD7D #72BDA2 #72B3BD

triadic

#72BDA2 #A272BD #BDA272

tetradic

#72BDA2 #7D72BD #BD728D #B3BD72

square

#72BDA2 #7D72BD #BD728D #B3BD72

split-complementary

#72BDA2 #BD72B3 #BD7D72

monochromatic

#3A7B63 #4DA585 #72BDA2 #9CD1BD #C5E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#72BDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDA2

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDA2	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)

#B9B4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.085 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1bd',
    500: '#72bda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bda2;
$custom-light: #9ed1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.42581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDA2

secondary

#D4B7C1

accent

#5C84CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDA2

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

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