#72BFB2#72BFB2

#72BFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.079 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFB2
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(170, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -26.89, -0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 26.91, 181.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0791 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.079 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6030, 44.0510, 48.8428)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFB2 #BF727F

analogous

#72BF8C #72BFB2 #72A6BF

triadic

#72BFB2 #B272BF #BFB272

tetradic

#72BFB2 #8C72BF #BF727F #A6BF72

square

#72BFB2 #8C72BF #BF727F #A6BF72

split-complementary

#72BFB2 #BF72A6 #BF8C72

monochromatic

#397E72 #4CA898 #72BFB2 #9CD2C9 #C6E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#72BFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFB2

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFB2	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.079 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c9',
    500: '#72bfb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfb2;
$custom-light: #9ed2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.87,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75097,
    "c": 0.07913,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFB2

secondary

#D5B8BD

accent

#5A6ECE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFB2

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

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