#72C8BA#72C8BA

#72C8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.086 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8BA
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(170, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 7%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -29.37, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 29.39, 182.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0863 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.086 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4531, 48.4284, 53.8715)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8BA #C87280

analogous

#72C88F #72C8BA #72ABC8

triadic

#72C8BA #BA72C8 #C8BA72

tetradic

#72C8BA #8F72C8 #C87280 #ABC872

square

#72C8BA #8F72C8 #C87280 #ABC872

split-complementary

#72C8BA #C872AB #C88F72

monochromatic

#368A7C #47B6A4 #72C8BA #9ED9D0 #CAEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#72C8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8BA

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8BA	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.086 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9ce',
    500: '#72c8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8ba;
$custom-light: #9fd9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.233,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77448,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8BA

secondary

#DBBBC0

accent

#2E45B7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8BA

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

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