#72C7BF#72C7BF

#72C7BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.084 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C7BF
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 191)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(174, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -27.68, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 27.98, 188.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.083 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.084 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7632, 48.1830, 56.6431)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C7BF #C7727A

analogous

#72C795 #72C7BF #72A5C7

triadic

#72C7BF #BF72C7 #C7BF72

tetradic

#72C7BF #9572C7 #C7727A #A5C772

square

#72C7BF #9572C7 #C7727A #A5C772

split-complementary

#72C7BF #C772A5 #C79572

monochromatic

#368881 #48B4AA #72C7BF #9ED8D3 #CAEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#72C7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C7BF

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C7BF	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.084 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd8d2',
    500: '#72c7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c7bf;
$custom-light: #9fd8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.353,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77369,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C7BF

secondary

#DABBBE

accent

#2F3CB6

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C7BF

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

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