#72BFB4#72BFB4

#72BFB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.078 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFB4
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 180)
HSL	hsl(171, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(171, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -26.42, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 26.49, 184.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0782 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.078 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8053, 44.1319, 49.9081)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFB4 #BF727D

analogous

#72BF8E #72BFB4 #72A3BF

triadic

#72BFB4 #B472BF #BFB472

tetradic

#72BFB4 #8E72BF #BF727D #A3BF72

square

#72BFB4 #8E72BF #BF727D #A3BF72

split-complementary

#72BFB4 #BF72A3 #BF8E72

monochromatic

#397E74 #4CA89B #72BFB4 #9CD2CA #C6E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#72BFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFB4

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFB4	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.078 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed2ca',
    500: '#72bfb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfb4;
$custom-light: #9ed2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75158,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFB4

secondary

#D5B8BC

accent

#5A6BCE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFB4

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

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