#72C0A4#72C0A4

#72C0A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.088 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0A4
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 164)
HSL	hsl(158, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(158, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 14.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -30.57, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 31.28, 167.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0865 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.088 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4873, 43.9548, 41.8870)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0A4 #C0728E

analogous

#72C07D #72C0A4 #72B5C0

triadic

#72C0A4 #A472C0 #C0A472

tetradic

#72C0A4 #7D72C0 #C0728E #B5C072

square

#72C0A4 #7D72C0 #C0728E #B5C072

split-complementary

#72C0A4 #C072B5 #C07D72

monochromatic

#397F66 #4CA988 #72C0A4 #9CD3BF #C7E6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72C0A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#72C0A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0A4

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0A4	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#BCB6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.088 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed3bf',
    500: '#72c0a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0a4;
$custom-light: #9ed3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.462,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74927,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0A4

secondary

#D6B8C3

accent

#5A83CE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0A4

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

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