#72C2B8#72C2B8

#72C2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.080 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2B8
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 184)
HSL	hsl(173, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(173, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 5.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -26.93, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 27.07, 185.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0801 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.08 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8796, 45.6191, 52.3055)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2B8 #C2727C

analogous

#72C290 #72C2B8 #72A4C2

triadic

#72C2B8 #B872C2 #C2B872

tetradic

#72C2B8 #9072C2 #C2727C #A4C272

square

#72C2B8 #9072C2 #C2727C #A4C272

split-complementary

#72C2B8 #C272A4 #C29072

monochromatic

#388278 #4BACA0 #72C2B8 #9DD4CE #C7E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72C2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#72C2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2B8

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2B8	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.080 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd4cd',
    500: '#72c2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2b8;
$custom-light: #9fd4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75983,
    "c": 0.08045,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2B8

secondary

#D7B9BC

accent

#3343B3

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F3FAF9

border

#CDD3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2B8

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

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