#72BFAF#72BFAF

#72BFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.080 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFAF
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -27.60, 0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 27.60, 178.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0804 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.08 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3051, 43.9318, 47.2738)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFAF #BF7282

analogous

#72BF88 #72BFAF #72A9BF

triadic

#72BFAF #AF72BF #BFAF72

tetradic

#72BFAF #8872BF #BF7282 #A9BF72

square

#72BFAF #8872BF #BF7282 #A9BF72

split-complementary

#72BFAF #BF72A9 #BF8872

monochromatic

#397E6F #4CA895 #72BFAF #9CD2C7 #C6E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#72BFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFAF

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFAF	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.080 179.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.532,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.08039,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFAF

secondary

#D5B8BE

accent

#5A72CE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFAF

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

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