#72BFA4#72BFA4

#72BFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.087 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFA4
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 164)
HSL	hsl(159, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(159, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 14.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -30.09, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 30.72, 168.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0852 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.087 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2685, 43.5172, 41.8140)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFA4 #BF728D

analogous

#72BF7E #72BFA4 #72B4BF

triadic

#72BFA4 #A472BF #BFA472

tetradic

#72BFA4 #7E72BF #BF728D #B4BF72

square

#72BFA4 #7E72BF #BF728D #B4BF72

split-complementary

#72BFA4 #BF72B4 #BF7E72

monochromatic

#397E66 #4CA888 #72BFA4 #9CD2BF #C6E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#72BFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFA4

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFA4	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)

#BBB6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.087 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2bf',
    500: '#72bfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfa4;
$custom-light: #9ed2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.961,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7469,
    "c": 0.0867,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFA4

secondary

#D5B8C2

accent

#5A83CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFA4

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

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