#72BDA8#72BDA8

#72BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.081 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDA8
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(163, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(163, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -28.23, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 28.43, 173.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.081 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.081 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2022, 42.7976, 43.6021)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDA8 #BD7287

analogous

#72BD83 #72BDA8 #72ADBD

triadic

#72BDA8 #A872BD #BDA872

tetradic

#72BDA8 #8372BD #BD7287 #ADBD72

square

#72BDA8 #8372BD #BD7287 #ADBD72

split-complementary

#72BDA8 #BD72AD #BD8372

monochromatic

#3A7B69 #4DA58C #72BDA8 #9CD1C2 #C5E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#72BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDA8

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDA8	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ABFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.081 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1c1',
    500: '#72bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bda8;
$custom-light: #9ed1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7433,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDA8

secondary

#D4B7BF

accent

#5C7BCC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDA8

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

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