#72BFA6#72BFA6

#72BFA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.085 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFA6
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 166)
HSL	hsl(161, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(161, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -29.65, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 30.10, 170.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0843 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.085 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4505, 43.5900, 42.7727)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFA6 #BF728B

analogous

#72BF7F #72BFA6 #72B2BF

triadic

#72BFA6 #A672BF #BFA672

tetradic

#72BFA6 #7F72BF #BF728B #B2BF72

square

#72BFA6 #7F72BF #BF728B #B2BF72

split-complementary

#72BFA6 #BF72B2 #BF7F72

monochromatic

#397E67 #4CA88A #72BFA6 #9CD2C1 #C6E5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#72BFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFA6

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFA6	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.085 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c0',
    500: '#72bfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfa6;
$custom-light: #9ed2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.519,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74746,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFA6

secondary

#D5B8C1

accent

#5A80CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFA6

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

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