#72C1A8#72C1A8

#72C1A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.087 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C1A8
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 168)
HSL	hsl(161, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(161, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 13%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -30.17, 5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 30.58, 170.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0859 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.087 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0745, 44.5422, 43.8929)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C1A8 #C1728B

analogous

#72C181 #72C1A8 #72B2C1

triadic

#72C1A8 #A872C1 #C1A872

tetradic

#72C1A8 #8172C1 #C1728B #B2C172

square

#72C1A8 #8172C1 #C1728B #B2C172

split-complementary

#72C1A8 #C172B2 #C18172

monochromatic

#388069 #4BAB8C #72C1A8 #9DD4C2 #C7E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72C1A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#72C1A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1A8

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C1A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C1A8	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)

#BDB8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c1a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.087 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed4c1',
    500: '#72c1a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c1a8;
$custom-light: #9ed4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c1a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.013,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75275,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C1A8

secondary

#D7B8C2

accent

#345CB2

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF7

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1A8

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

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