#72C8B2#72C8B2

#72C8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.090 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8B2
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(165, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -31.24, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 31.38, 174.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0898 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.09 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6264, 48.0977, 49.5173)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8B2 #C87288

analogous

#72C887 #72C8B2 #72B3C8

triadic

#72C8B2 #B272C8 #C8B272

tetradic

#72C8B2 #8772C8 #C87288 #B3C872

square

#72C8B2 #8772C8 #C87288 #B3C872

split-complementary

#72C8B2 #C872B3 #C88772

monochromatic

#368A74 #47B699 #72C8B2 #9ED9CA #CAEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#72C8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8B2

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8B2	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.090 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9c9',
    500: '#72c8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8b2;
$custom-light: #9fd9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.651,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77211,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8B2

secondary

#DBBBC3

accent

#2E51B7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8B2

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

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