#72C7BB#72C7BB

#72C7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.085 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7BB
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 187)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(172, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -28.65, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 28.72, 184.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0847 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.085 184)
XYZ	xyz(36.3290, 48.0094, 54.3564)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7BB #C7727E

analogous

#72C791 #72C7BB #72A9C7

triadic

#72C7BB #BB72C7 #C7BB72

tetradic

#72C7BB #9172C7 #C7727E #A9C772

square

#72C7BB #9172C7 #C7727E #A9C772

split-complementary

#72C7BB #C772A9 #C79172

monochromatic

#36887D #48B4A5 #72C7BB #9ED8D0 #CAEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#72C7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7BB

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7BB	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FCAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.085 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd8cf',
    500: '#72c7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7bb;
$custom-light: #9fd8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.529,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77244,
    "c": 0.08495,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.48012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7BB

secondary

#DABBBF

accent

#2F42B6

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7BB

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

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