#72C0B3#72C0B3

#72C0B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.080 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0B3
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 179)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(170, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 6.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -27.15, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 27.16, 182.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0798 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.08 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9226, 44.5289, 49.4465)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0B3 #C0727F

analogous

#72C08C #72C0B3 #72A6C0

triadic

#72C0B3 #B372C0 #C0B372

tetradic

#72C0B3 #8C72C0 #C0727F #A6C072

square

#72C0B3 #8C72C0 #C0727F #A6C072

split-complementary

#72C0B3 #C072A6 #C08C72

monochromatic

#397F73 #4CA99A #72C0B3 #9CD3CA #C7E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72C0B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#72C0B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0B3

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0B3	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.080 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed3c9',
    500: '#72c0b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0b3;
$custom-light: #9ed3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75362,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0B3

secondary

#D6B8BD

accent

#5A6DCE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0B3

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

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