#72BFA7#72BFA7

#72BFA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.085 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFA7
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 167)
HSL	hsl(161, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(161, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -29.43, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 29.79, 171.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0839 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.085 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5426, 43.6268, 43.2577)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFA7 #BF728A

analogous

#72BF81 #72BFA7 #72B0BF

triadic

#72BFA7 #A772BF #BFA772

tetradic

#72BFA7 #8172BF #BF728A #B0BF72

square

#72BFA7 #8172BF #BF728A #B0BF72

split-complementary

#72BFA7 #BF72B0 #BF8172

monochromatic

#397E68 #4CA88B #72BFA7 #9CD2C1 #C6E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BFA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#72BFA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFA7

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFA7	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.085 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c1',
    500: '#72bfa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfa7;
$custom-light: #9ed2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.299,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.08474,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFA7

secondary

#D5B8C1

accent

#5A7ECE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFA7

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

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