#72C1B5#72C1B5

#72C1B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.080 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C1B5
RGBrgb(114, 193, 181)
HSLhsl(171, 39%, 60%)
HSVhsv(171, 41%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(40.9%, 0%, 6.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(72.93, -27.16, -1.59)
CIE-LCHlch(72.93, 27.21, 183.35°)
OKLaboklab(75.66% -0.0802 -0.0047)
OKLCHoklch(75.66% 0.08 183.3)
XYZxyz(34.3467, 45.0511, 50.5929)
Luminance0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C1B5 #C1727E
analogous
#72C18D #72C1B5 #72A5C1
triadic
#72C1B5 #B572C1 #C1B572
tetradic
#72C1B5 #8D72C1 #C1727E #A5C172
square
#72C1B5 #8D72C1 #C1727E #A5C172
split-complementary
#72C1B5 #C172A5 #C18D72
monochromatic
#388075 #4BAB9C #72C1B5 #9DD4CB #C7E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#72C1B5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01
#72C1B5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1B5
10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C1B5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C1B51.002.1010.0110.01
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0121.001.001.00
##00000010.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAB9B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADAFB6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#54C4BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c1b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.080 183.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed4cb',
    500: '#72c1b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c1b5;
$custom-light: #9ed4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c1b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.886,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.08033,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C1B5
secondary
#D7B8BD
accent
#3447B2
background
#FAFDFC
surface
#F3FAF8
border
#CDD3D1
text
#0F1413
muted
#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1B5

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#72C1B5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva