#72C8A2#72C8A2

#72C8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.101 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8A2
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 162)
HSL	hsl(153, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(153, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -34.77, 10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 36.47, 162.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.097 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.101 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1126, 47.4922, 41.5448)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8A2 #C87298

analogous

#72C877 #72C8A2 #72C3C8

triadic

#72C8A2 #A272C8 #C8A272

tetradic

#72C8A2 #7772C8 #C87298 #C3C872

square

#72C8A2 #7772C8 #C87298 #C3C872

split-complementary

#72C8A2 #C872C3 #C87772

monochromatic

#368A65 #47B685 #72C8A2 #9ED9BF #CAEADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#72C8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#72C8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8A2

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8A2	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BDA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.101 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9bd',
    500: '#72c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8a2;
$custom-light: #9fd9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.488,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76775,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8A2

secondary

#DBBBC9

accent

#2E6BB7

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF6

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8A2

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

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