#72BFB3#72BFB3

#72BFB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.079 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFB3
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 179)
HSL	hsl(171, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(171, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -26.66, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 26.69, 183.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0786 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.079 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7038, 44.0913, 49.3735)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFB3 #BF727E

analogous

#72BF8C #72BFB3 #72A5BF

triadic

#72BFB3 #B372BF #BFB372

tetradic

#72BFB3 #8C72BF #BF727E #A5BF72

square

#72BFB3 #8C72BF #BF727E #A5BF72

split-complementary

#72BFB3 #BF72A5 #BF8C72

monochromatic

#397E73 #4CA899 #72BFB3 #9CD2CA #C6E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#72BFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFB3

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFB3	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.079 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2c9',
    500: '#72bfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfb3;
$custom-light: #9ed2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.649,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75127,
    "c": 0.07876,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFB3

secondary

#D5B8BC

accent

#5A6CCE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFB3

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

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