#72C0BB#72C0BB

#72C0BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.078 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0BB
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 187)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -25.22, -5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 25.72, 191.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0764 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.078 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7553, 44.8620, 53.8319)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0BB #C07277

analogous

#72C094 #72C0BB #729EC0

triadic

#72C0BB #BB72C0 #C0BB72

tetradic

#72C0BB #9472C0 #C07277 #9EC072

square

#72C0BB #9472C0 #C07277 #9EC072

split-complementary

#72C0BB #C0729E #C09472

monochromatic

#397F7A #4CA9A3 #72C0BB #9CD3CF #C7E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72C0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#72C0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0BB

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0BB	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.078 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd3cf',
    500: '#72c0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0bb;
$custom-light: #9fd3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.154,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75612,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0BB

secondary

#D6B8BA

accent

#5A61CE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0BB

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

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