#72BEAB#72BEAB

#72BEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.081 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEAB
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(165, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -28.03, 2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 28.12, 175.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0809 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.081 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7007, 43.3423, 45.1629)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEAB #BE7285

analogous

#72BE85 #72BEAB #72ABBE

triadic

#72BEAB #AB72BE #BEAB72

tetradic

#72BEAB #8572BE #BE7285 #ABBE72

square

#72BEAB #8572BE #BE7285 #ABBE72

split-complementary

#72BEAB #BE72AB #BE8572

monochromatic

#397C6C #4DA690 #72BEAB #9CD1C4 #C6E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#72BEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEAB

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEAB	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.081 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c4',
    500: '#72beab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72beab;
$custom-light: #9ed2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74653,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEAB

secondary

#D5B7BF

accent

#5B77CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEAB

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

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