#72C8BE#72C8BE

#72C8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.085 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8BE
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(173, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -28.41, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 28.58, 186.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0846 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.085 186)
XYZ	xyz(36.8843, 48.6008, 56.1425)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8BE #C8727C

analogous

#72C893 #72C8BE #72A7C8

triadic

#72C8BE #BE72C8 #C8BE72

tetradic

#72C8BE #9372C8 #C8727C #A7C872

square

#72C8BE #9372C8 #C8727C #A7C872

split-complementary

#72C8BE #C872A7 #C89372

monochromatic

#368A80 #47B6A9 #72C8BE #9ED9D2 #CAEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#72C8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8BE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8BE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DCBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.085 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9d1',
    500: '#72c8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8be;
$custom-light: #9fd9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.023,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7757,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.48604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8BE

secondary

#DBBBBF

accent

#2E3EB7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8BE

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

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