#72C7B7#72C7B7

#72C7B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.086 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7B7
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 183)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(169, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -29.60, -0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 29.60, 180.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0865 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.086 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9067, 47.8405, 52.1326)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7B7 #C77282

analogous

#72C78D #72C7B7 #72ADC7

triadic

#72C7B7 #B772C7 #C7B772

tetradic

#72C7B7 #8D72C7 #C77282 #ADC772

square

#72C7B7 #8D72C7 #C77282 #ADC772

split-complementary

#72C7B7 #C772AD #C78D72

monochromatic

#368879 #48B4A0 #72C7B7 #9ED8CD #CAEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72C7B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#72C7B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7B7

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7B7	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.086 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd8cc',
    500: '#72c7b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7b7;
$custom-light: #9fd8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.706,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77123,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7B7

secondary

#DABBC0

accent

#2F49B6

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7B7

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

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