#72BFA5#72BFA5

#72BFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.086 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFA5
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(160, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(160, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -29.87, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 30.41, 169.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0848 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.086 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3591, 43.5534, 42.2915)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFA5 #BF728C

analogous

#72BF7E #72BFA5 #72B3BF

triadic

#72BFA5 #A572BF #BFA572

tetradic

#72BFA5 #7E72BF #BF728C #B3BF72

square

#72BFA5 #7E72BF #BF728C #B3BF72

split-complementary

#72BFA5 #BF72B3 #BF7E72

monochromatic

#397E66 #4CA889 #72BFA5 #9CD2C0 #C6E5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#72BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFA5

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFA5	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.086 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2bf',
    500: '#72bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfa5;
$custom-light: #9ed2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.74,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74718,
    "c": 0.08603,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFA5

secondary

#D5B8C2

accent

#5A81CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFA5

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

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