#72C1AE#72C1AE

#72C1AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.083 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C1AE
RGBrgb(114, 193, 174)
HSLhsl(166, 39%, 60%)
HSVhsv(166, 41%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(40.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(72.74, -28.80, 1.95)
CIE-LCHlch(72.74, 28.87, 176.12°)
OKLaboklab(75.45% -0.0832 0.0047)
OKLCHoklch(75.45% 0.083 176.7)
XYZxyz(33.6464, 44.7709, 46.9049)
Luminance0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C1AE #C17285
analogous
#72C187 #72C1AE #72ACC1
triadic
#72C1AE #AE72C1 #C1AE72
tetradic
#72C1AE #8772C1 #C17285 #ACC172
square
#72C1AE #8772C1 #C17285 #ACC172
split-complementary
#72C1AE #C172AC #C18772
monochromatic
#38806F #4BAB94 #72C1AE #9DD4C6 #C7E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#72C1AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95
#72C1AE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1AE
9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C1AE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C1AE1.002.119.959.95
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9521.001.001.00
##0000009.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCB8AD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEAEAF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#57C3BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.083 176.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed4c6',
    500: '#72c1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c1ae;
$custom-light: #9ed4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.57,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75447,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C1AE
secondary
#D7B8C0
accent
#3452B2
background
#FAFDFC
surface
#F3FAF8
border
#CDD3D1
text
#0F1413
muted
#7F8382

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#72C1AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva