#72BDAB#72BDAB

#72BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.080 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDAB
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(166, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -27.55, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 27.60, 176.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0797 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.08 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4849, 42.9106, 45.0910)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDAB #BD7284

analogous

#72BD86 #72BDAB #72AABD

triadic

#72BDAB #AB72BD #BDAB72

tetradic

#72BDAB #8672BD #BD7284 #AABD72

square

#72BDAB #8672BD #BD7284 #AABD72

split-complementary

#72BDAB #BD72AA #BD8672

monochromatic

#3A7B6B #4DA590 #72BDAB #9CD1C4 #C5E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#72BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDAB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDAB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.080 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1c4',
    500: '#72bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdab;
$custom-light: #9ed1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74417,
    "c": 0.07982,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDAB

secondary

#D4B7BE

accent

#5C77CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDAB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →