#72BEA2#72BEA2

#72BEA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.087 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEA2
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 162)
HSL	hsl(158, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(158, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -30.05, 6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 30.81, 167.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0849 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.087 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8719, 43.0108, 40.7979)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEA2 #BE728E

analogous

#72BE7C #72BEA2 #72B4BE

triadic

#72BEA2 #A272BE #BEA272

tetradic

#72BEA2 #7C72BE #BE728E #B4BE72

square

#72BEA2 #7C72BE #BE728E #B4BE72

split-complementary

#72BEA2 #BE72B4 #BE7C72

monochromatic

#397C64 #4DA685 #72BEA2 #9CD1BE #C6E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72BEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#72BEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEA2

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEA2	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.087 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2bd',
    500: '#72bea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bea2;
$custom-light: #9ed2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEA2

secondary

#D5B7C2

accent

#5B85CD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEA2

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

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