#72C8BB#72C8BB

#72C8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.086 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8BB
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(171, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -29.13, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 29.18, 183.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0859 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.086 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5598, 48.4710, 54.4334)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8BB #C8727F

analogous

#72C890 #72C8BB #72AAC8

triadic

#72C8BB #BB72C8 #C8BB72

tetradic

#72C8BB #9072C8 #C8727F #AAC872

square

#72C8BB #9072C8 #C8727F #AAC872

split-complementary

#72C8BB #C872AA #C89072

monochromatic

#368A7D #47B6A5 #72C8BB #9ED9D0 #CAEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#72C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8BB

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8BB	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	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)

#C1BFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.086 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9cf',
    500: '#72c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8bb;
$custom-light: #9fd9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.93,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77478,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8BB

secondary

#DBBBC0

accent

#2E43B7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8BB

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

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