#72BFAD#72BFAD

#72BFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.081 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFAD
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -28.06, 1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 28.11, 176.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0813 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.081 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1101, 43.8538, 46.2470)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFAD #BF7284

analogous

#72BF87 #72BFAD #72ABBF

triadic

#72BFAD #AD72BF #BFAD72

tetradic

#72BFAD #8772BF #BF7284 #ABBF72

square

#72BFAD #8772BF #BF7284 #ABBF72

split-complementary

#72BFAD #BF72AB #BF8772

monochromatic

#397E6E #4CA892 #72BFAD #9CD2C5 #C6E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#72BFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFAD

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFAD	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.081 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c5',
    500: '#72bfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfad;
$custom-light: #9ed2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.974,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74947,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFAD

secondary

#D5B8BE

accent

#5A75CE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFAD

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

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