#72BEAA#72BEAA

#72BEAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.082 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEAA
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(164, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(164, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -28.26, 2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 28.39, 174.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0814 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.082 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6058, 43.3044, 44.6629)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEAA #BE7286

analogous

#72BE84 #72BEAA #72ACBE

triadic

#72BEAA #AA72BE #BEAA72

tetradic

#72BEAA #8472BE #BE7286 #ACBE72

square

#72BEAA #8472BE #BE7286 #ACBE72

split-complementary

#72BEAA #BE72AC #BE8472

monochromatic

#397C6B #4DA68F #72BEAA #9CD1C3 #C6E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#72BEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEAA

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEAA	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.082 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c3',
    500: '#72beaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72beaa;
$custom-light: #9ed2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.211,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74624,
    "c": 0.08164,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEAA

secondary

#D5B7BF

accent

#5B79CD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEAA

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

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