#72BEAF#72BEAF

#72BEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.079 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEAF
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -27.11, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 27.11, 179.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0792 0)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.079 180)
XYZ	xyz(33.0878, 43.4972, 47.2014)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEAF #BE7281

analogous

#72BE89 #72BEAF #72A7BE

triadic

#72BEAF #AF72BE #BEAF72

tetradic

#72BEAF #8972BE #BE7281 #A7BE72

square

#72BEAF #8972BE #BE7281 #A7BE72

split-complementary

#72BEAF #BE72A7 #BE8972

monochromatic

#397C6F #4DA695 #72BEAF #9CD1C7 #C6E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#72BEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEAF

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEAF	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.079 180.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.158,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74771,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.43499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEAF

secondary

#D5B7BD

accent

#5B71CD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEAF

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

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