#72BEAE#72BEAE

#72BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.080 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEAE
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(167, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -27.34, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 27.35, 178.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0796 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.08 179)
XYZ	xyz(32.9899, 43.4580, 46.6860)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEAE #BE7282

analogous

#72BE88 #72BEAE #72A8BE

triadic

#72BEAE #AE72BE #BEAE72

tetradic

#72BEAE #8872BE #BE7282 #A8BE72

square

#72BEAE #8872BE #BE7282 #A8BE72

split-complementary

#72BEAE #BE72A8 #BE8872

monochromatic

#397C6E #4DA693 #72BEAE #9CD1C6 #C6E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#72BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEAE

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEAE	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.080 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c6',
    500: '#72beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72beae;
$custom-light: #9ed2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.368,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.07961,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEAE

secondary

#D5B7BD

accent

#5B73CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEAE

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

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