#72BFAB#72BFAB

#72BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.082 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFAB
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(164, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(164, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -28.52, 2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 28.64, 174.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0821 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.082 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9181, 43.7770, 45.2354)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFAB #BF7286

analogous

#72BF85 #72BFAB #72ACBF

triadic

#72BFAB #AB72BF #BFAB72

tetradic

#72BFAB #8572BF #BF7286 #ACBF72

square

#72BFAB #8572BF #BF7286 #ACBF72

split-complementary

#72BFAB #BF72AC #BF8572

monochromatic

#397E6C #4CA890 #72BFAB #9CD2C4 #C6E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#72BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFAB

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFAB	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.082 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c4',
    500: '#72bfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfab;
$custom-light: #9ed2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.416,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74888,
    "c": 0.0824,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFAB

secondary

#D5B8BF

accent

#5A78CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFAB

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

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