#72BFAE#72BFAE

#72BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.081 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFAE
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(167, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -27.83, 1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 27.85, 177.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0808 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.081 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2073, 43.8927, 46.7585)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFAE #BF7283

analogous

#72BF87 #72BFAE #72AABF

triadic

#72BFAE #AE72BF #BFAE72

tetradic

#72BFAE #8772BF #BF7283 #AABF72

square

#72BFAE #8772BF #BF7283 #AABF72

split-complementary

#72BFAE #BF72AA #BF8772

monochromatic

#397E6E #4CA893 #72BFAE #9CD2C6 #C6E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#72BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFAE

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFAE	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.081 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c6',
    500: '#72bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfae;
$custom-light: #9ed2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.753,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFAE

secondary

#D5B8BE

accent

#5A74CE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFAE

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

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