#72BDAF#72BDAF

#72BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.078 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDAF
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -26.62, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 26.62, 180.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0779 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.078 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8719, 43.0655, 47.1294)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDAF #BD7280

analogous

#72BD8A #72BDAF #72A6BD

triadic

#72BDAF #AF72BD #BDAF72

tetradic

#72BDAF #8A72BD #BD7280 #A6BD72

square

#72BDAF #8A72BD #BD7280 #A6BD72

split-complementary

#72BDAF #BD72A6 #BD8A72

monochromatic

#3A7B6F #4DA594 #72BDAF #9CD1C7 #C5E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#72BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDAF

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDAF	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.078 180.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74537,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDAF

secondary

#D4B7BC

accent

#5C71CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDAF

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

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