#72BDA3#72BDA3

#72BDA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.085 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDA3
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(159, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -29.35, 5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 29.93, 168.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0832 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.085 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7453, 42.6148, 41.1959)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDA3 #BD728C

analogous

#72BD7E #72BDA3 #72B2BD

triadic

#72BDA3 #A372BD #BDA372

tetradic

#72BDA3 #7E72BD #BD728C #B2BD72

square

#72BDA3 #7E72BD #BD728C #B2BD72

split-complementary

#72BDA3 #BD72B2 #BD7E72

monochromatic

#3A7B64 #4DA586 #72BDA3 #9CD1BE #C5E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72BDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#72BDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDA3

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDA3	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)

#B9B4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.085 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1be',
    500: '#72bda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bda3;
$custom-light: #9ed1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74188,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDA3

secondary

#D4B7C1

accent

#5C83CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDA3

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

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