#72BDAC#72BDAC

#72BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.079 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDAC
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(166, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -27.32, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 27.35, 177.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0793 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.079 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5806, 42.9489, 45.5949)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDAC #BD7283

analogous

#72BD87 #72BDAC #72A9BD

triadic

#72BDAC #AC72BD #BDAC72

tetradic

#72BDAC #8772BD #BD7283 #A9BD72

square

#72BDAC #8772BD #BD7283 #A9BD72

split-complementary

#72BDAC #BD72A9 #BD8772

monochromatic

#3A7B6C #4DA591 #72BDAC #9CD1C5 #C5E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#72BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDAC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDAC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.079 177.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.07931,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDAC

secondary

#D4B7BD

accent

#5C75CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDAC

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

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