#72C2BD#72C2BD

#72C2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.079 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2BD
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -25.72, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 26.24, 191.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.078 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.079 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4130, 45.8325, 55.1147)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2BD #C27277

analogous

#72C295 #72C2BD #729FC2

triadic

#72C2BD #BD72C2 #C2BD72

tetradic

#72C2BD #9572C2 #C27277 #9FC272

square

#72C2BD #9572C2 #C27277 #9FC272

split-complementary

#72C2BD #C2729F #C29572

monochromatic

#38827D #4BACA6 #72C2BD #9DD4D1 #C7E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72C2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#72C2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2BD

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2BD	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.079 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd4d0',
    500: '#72c2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2bd;
$custom-light: #9fd4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76141,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2BD

secondary

#D7B9BB

accent

#333BB3

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F3FAF9

border

#CDD3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2BD

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

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