#72C2AC#72C2AC

#72C2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.086 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2AC
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 172)
HSL	hsl(164, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(164, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 11.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -29.74, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 29.94, 173.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0853 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.086 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6747, 45.1372, 45.9596)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2AC #C27288

analogous

#72C284 #72C2AC #72B0C2

triadic

#72C2AC #AC72C2 #C2AC72

tetradic

#72C2AC #8472C2 #C27288 #B0C272

square

#72C2AC #8472C2 #C27288 #B0C272

split-complementary

#72C2AC #C272B0 #C28472

monochromatic

#38826D #4BAC91 #72C2AC #9DD4C5 #C7E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72C2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#72C2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2AC

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2AC	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.086 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed4c4',
    500: '#72c2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2ac;
$custom-light: #9ed4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.5,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75625,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2AC

secondary

#D7B9C1

accent

#3356B3

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F3FAF8

border

#CDD3D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2AC

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

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