#72C1BC#72C1BC

#72C1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.078 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C1BC
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -25.47, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 25.98, 191.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0772 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.078 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0830, 45.3456, 54.4711)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C1BC #C17277

analogous

#72C195 #72C1BC #729EC1

triadic

#72C1BC #BC72C1 #C1BC72

tetradic

#72C1BC #9572C1 #C17277 #9EC172

square

#72C1BC #9572C1 #C17277 #9EC172

split-complementary

#72C1BC #C1729E #C19572

monochromatic

#38807C #4BABA5 #72C1BC #9DD4D0 #C7E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72C1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#72C1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1BC

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C1BC	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.078 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd4d0',
    500: '#72c1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c1bc;
$custom-light: #9fd4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.203,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75877,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C1BC

secondary

#D7B8BA

accent

#343CB2

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F3FAF9

border

#CDD3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1BC

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

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