#72BDAE#72BDAE

#72BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.078 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDAE
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -26.85, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 26.85, 179.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0784 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.078 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7741, 43.0263, 46.6141)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDAE #BD7281

analogous

#72BD89 #72BDAE #72A7BD

triadic

#72BDAE #AE72BD #BDAE72

tetradic

#72BDAE #8972BD #BD7281 #A7BD72

square

#72BDAE #8972BD #BD7281 #A7BD72

split-complementary

#72BDAE #BD72A7 #BD8972

monochromatic

#3A7B6E #4DA593 #72BDAE #9CD1C6 #C5E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#72BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDAE

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDAE	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.078 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1c6',
    500: '#72bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdae;
$custom-light: #9ed1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74507,
    "c": 0.07839,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDAE

secondary

#D4B7BD

accent

#5C72CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDAE

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

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