#72BFAC#72BFAC

#72BFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.082 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFAC
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 172)
HSL	hsl(165, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(165, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -28.29, 2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 28.37, 175.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0817 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.082 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0138, 43.8153, 45.7393)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFAC #BF7285

analogous

#72BF86 #72BFAC #72ABBF

triadic

#72BFAC #AC72BF #BFAC72

tetradic

#72BFAC #8672BF #BF7285 #ABBF72

square

#72BFAC #8672BF #BF7285 #ABBF72

split-complementary

#72BFAC #BF72AB #BF8672

monochromatic

#397E6D #4CA891 #72BFAC #9CD2C5 #C6E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#72BFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFAC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFAC	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)

#BAB6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.082 176.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.195,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.08186,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFAC

secondary

#D5B8BF

accent

#5A77CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFAC

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

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