#72C4AF#72C4AF

#72C4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.087 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4AF
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 175)
HSL	hsl(165, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(165, 42%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 10.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -30.02, 2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 30.14, 174.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0864 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.087 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4142, 46.1499, 47.6435)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4AF #C47287

analogous

#72C486 #72C4AF #72B0C4

triadic

#72C4AF #AF72C4 #C4AF72

tetradic

#72C4AF #8672C4 #C47287 #B0C472

square

#72C4AF #8672C4 #C47287 #B0C472

split-complementary

#72C4AF #C472B0 #C48672

monochromatic

#378471 #49AF95 #72C4AF #9DD6C7 #C8E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72C4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#72C4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4AF

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4AF	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.087 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd6c6',
    500: '#72c4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4af;
$custom-light: #9fd6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.634,
    "s": 41,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76183,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4AF

secondary

#D8B9C1

accent

#3153B4

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F3FAF8

border

#CDD3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4AF

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

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