#72BFA0#72BFA0

#72BFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.090 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFA0
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 160)
HSL	hsl(156, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(156, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -30.97, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 32.04, 165.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.087 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.09 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9129, 43.3749, 39.9415)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFA0 #BF7291

analogous

#72BF7A #72BFA0 #72B8BF

triadic

#72BFA0 #A072BF #BFA072

tetradic

#72BFA0 #7A72BF #BF7291 #B8BF72

square

#72BFA0 #7A72BF #BF7291 #B8BF72

split-complementary

#72BFA0 #BF72B8 #BF7A72

monochromatic

#397E62 #4CA883 #72BFA0 #9CD2BC #C6E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#72BFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFA0

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFA0	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.090 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2bc',
    500: '#72bfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfa0;
$custom-light: #9ed2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.844,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74581,
    "c": 0.08956,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFA0

secondary

#D5B8C4

accent

#5A89CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFA0

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

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