#72BDA5#72BDA5

#72BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.083 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDA5
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(161, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(161, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -28.91, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 29.31, 170.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0824 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.083 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9259, 42.6871, 42.1471)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDA5 #BD728A

analogous

#72BD80 #72BDA5 #72B0BD

triadic

#72BDA5 #A572BD #BDA572

tetradic

#72BDA5 #8072BD #BD728A #B0BD72

square

#72BDA5 #8072BD #BD728A #B0BD72

split-complementary

#72BDA5 #BD72B0 #BD8072

monochromatic

#3A7B66 #4DA589 #72BDA5 #9CD1C0 #C5E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#72BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDA5

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDA5	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)

#B9B4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.083 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1bf',
    500: '#72bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bda5;
$custom-light: #9ed1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74244,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDA5

secondary

#D4B7C0

accent

#5C80CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDA5

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

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