#72C2BC#72C2BC

#72C2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.079 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2BC
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -25.96, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 26.38, 190.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0784 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.079 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3048, 45.7892, 54.5450)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2BC #C27278

analogous

#72C294 #72C2BC #72A0C2

triadic

#72C2BC #BC72C2 #C2BC72

tetradic

#72C2BC #9472C2 #C27278 #A0C272

square

#72C2BC #9472C2 #C27278 #A0C272

split-complementary

#72C2BC #C272A0 #C29472

monochromatic

#38827C #4BACA5 #72C2BC #9DD4D0 #C7E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72C2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#72C2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2BC

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2BC	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.079 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd4d0',
    500: '#72c2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2bc;
$custom-light: #9fd4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76109,
    "c": 0.07946,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2BC

secondary

#D7B9BB

accent

#333CB3

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F3FAF9

border

#CDD3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2BC

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

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