#72C8BD#72C8BD

#72C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.085 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8BD
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(172, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -28.65, -2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 28.77, 185.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0851 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.085 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7754, 48.5573, 55.5688)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8BD #C8727D

analogous

#72C892 #72C8BD #72A8C8

triadic

#72C8BD #BD72C8 #C8BD72

tetradic

#72C8BD #9272C8 #C8727D #A8C872

square

#72C8BD #9272C8 #C8727D #A8C872

split-complementary

#72C8BD #C872A8 #C89272

monochromatic

#368A7F #47B6A8 #72C8BD #9ED9D2 #CAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#72C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8BD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8BD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ECBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.085 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9d0',
    500: '#72c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8bd;
$custom-light: #9fd9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.326,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77539,
    "c": 0.08539,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8BD

secondary

#DBBBBF

accent

#2E40B7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8BD

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

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