#72BFAA#72BFAA

#72BFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.083 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFAA
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 170)
HSL	hsl(164, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(164, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -28.75, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 28.92, 173.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0826 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.083 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8231, 43.7390, 44.7353)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFAA #BF7287

analogous

#72BF83 #72BFAA #72AEBF

triadic

#72BFAA #AA72BF #BFAA72

tetradic

#72BFAA #8372BF #BF7287 #AEBF72

square

#72BFAA #8372BF #BF7287 #AEBF72

split-complementary

#72BFAA #BF72AE #BF8372

monochromatic

#397E6B #4CA88F #72BFAA #9CD2C3 #C6E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#72BFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFAA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFAA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.083 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c3',
    500: '#72bfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfaa;
$custom-light: #9ed2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74859,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFAA

secondary

#D5B8C0

accent

#5A7ACE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFAA

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

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