#72C7BE#72C7BE

#72C7BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.084 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7BE
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(174, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 4.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -27.93, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 28.15, 187.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0835 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.084 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6535, 48.1392, 56.0655)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7BE #C7727B

analogous

#72C794 #72C7BE #72A6C7

triadic

#72C7BE #BE72C7 #C7BE72

tetradic

#72C7BE #9472C7 #C7727B #A6C772

square

#72C7BE #9472C7 #C7727B #A6C772

split-complementary

#72C7BE #C772A6 #C79472

monochromatic

#368880 #48B4A9 #72C7BE #9ED8D2 #CAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#72C7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7BE

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7BE	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ECBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.084 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd8d1',
    500: '#72c7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7be;
$custom-light: #9fd8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.647,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77337,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7BE

secondary

#DABBBE

accent

#2F3EB6

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7BE

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

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