#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
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -28.80, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 28.87, 176.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0832 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.083 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6464, 44.7709, 46.9049)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##72C1AE	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1AE

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

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