#72C8AE#72C8AE

#72C8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.092 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8AE
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(162, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -32.15, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 32.53, 171.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0916 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.092 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2306, 47.9394, 47.4329)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8AE #C8728C

analogous

#72C883 #72C8AE #72B7C8

triadic

#72C8AE #AE72C8 #C8AE72

tetradic

#72C8AE #8372C8 #C8728C #B7C872

square

#72C8AE #8372C8 #C8728C #B7C872

split-complementary

#72C8AE #C872B7 #C88372

monochromatic

#368A70 #47B694 #72C8AE #9ED9C7 #CAEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#72C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8AE

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8AE	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.092 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9c6',
    500: '#72c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ae;
$custom-light: #9fd9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.86,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77098,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8AE

secondary

#DBBBC5

accent

#2E58B7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F3FAF8

border

#CDD3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8AE

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

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