#72BFA2#72BFA2

#72BFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.088 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFA2
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 162)
HSL	hsl(157, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(157, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 15.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -30.53, 7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 31.37, 166.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0861 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.088 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0893, 43.4455, 40.8703)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFA2 #BF728F

analogous

#72BF7C #72BFA2 #72B5BF

triadic

#72BFA2 #A272BF #BFA272

tetradic

#72BFA2 #7C72BF #BF728F #B5BF72

square

#72BFA2 #7C72BF #BF728F #B5BF72

split-complementary

#72BFA2 #BF72B5 #BF7C72

monochromatic

#397E64 #4CA885 #72BFA2 #9CD2BE #C6E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#72BFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFA2

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFA2	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)

#BCB5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.088 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2bd',
    500: '#72bfa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfa2;
$custom-light: #9ed2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.403,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74635,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFA2

secondary

#D5B8C3

accent

#5A86CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFA2

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

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