#72C7B2#72C7B2

#72C7B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.089 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7B2
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 178)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(165, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 10.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -30.77, 2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 30.87, 175.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0887 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.089 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3955, 47.6360, 49.4403)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7B2 #C77287

analogous

#72C788 #72C7B2 #72B2C7

triadic

#72C7B2 #B272C7 #C7B272

tetradic

#72C7B2 #8872C7 #C77287 #B2C772

square

#72C7B2 #8872C7 #C77287 #B2C772

split-complementary

#72C7B2 #C772B2 #C78872

monochromatic

#368874 #48B499 #72C7B2 #9ED8CA #CAEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72C7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#72C7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7B2

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7B2	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.089 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd8c9',
    500: '#72c7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7b2;
$custom-light: #9fd8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.176,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76976,
    "c": 0.08887,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7B2

secondary

#DABBC2

accent

#2F51B6

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F3FAF8

border

#CDD3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7B2

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

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