#72BDAA#72BDAA

#72BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.080 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDAA
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(165, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -27.78, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 27.87, 175.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0801 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.08 176)
XYZ	xyz(32.3899, 42.8727, 44.5909)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDAA #BD7285

analogous

#72BD85 #72BDAA #72ABBD

triadic

#72BDAA #AA72BD #BDAA72

tetradic

#72BDAA #8572BD #BD7285 #ABBD72

square

#72BDAA #8572BD #BD7285 #ABBD72

split-complementary

#72BDAA #BD72AB #BD8572

monochromatic

#3A7B6A #4DA58F #72BDAA #9CD1C3 #C5E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#72BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDAA

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDAA	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.080 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1c3',
    500: '#72bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdaa;
$custom-light: #9ed1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74388,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.42875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDAA

secondary

#D4B7BE

accent

#5C78CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDAA

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

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