#72C0BD#72C0BD

#72C0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.077 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0BD
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -24.72, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 25.45, 193.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0756 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.077 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9709, 44.9482, 54.9673)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0BD #C07275

analogous

#72C096 #72C0BD #729CC0

triadic

#72C0BD #BD72C0 #C0BD72

tetradic

#72C0BD #9672C0 #C07275 #9CC072

square

#72C0BD #9672C0 #C07275 #9CC072

split-complementary

#72C0BD #C0729C #C09672

monochromatic

#397F7C #4CA9A6 #72C0BD #9CD3D1 #C7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72C0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#72C0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0BD

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0BD	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.077 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd3d0',
    500: '#72c0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0bd;
$custom-light: #9fd3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75676,
    "c": 0.0774,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0BD

secondary

#D6B8B9

accent

#5A5ECE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0BD

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

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