#72C8BC#72C8BC

#72C8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.086 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8BC
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(172, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -28.89, -2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 28.97, 184.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0855 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.086 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6672, 48.5140, 54.9991)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8BC #C8727E

analogous

#72C891 #72C8BC #72A9C8

triadic

#72C8BC #BC72C8 #C8BC72

tetradic

#72C8BC #9172C8 #C8727E #A9C872

square

#72C8BC #9172C8 #C8727E #A9C872

split-complementary

#72C8BC #C872A9 #C89172

monochromatic

#368A7E #47B6A6 #72C8BC #9ED9D1 #CAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#72C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8BC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8BC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ECBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.086 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9d0',
    500: '#72c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8bc;
$custom-light: #9fd9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77509,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8BC

secondary

#DBBBBF

accent

#2E42B7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8BC

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

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