#72C8BF#72C8BF

#72C8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.085 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C8BF
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(174, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -28.17, -3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 28.40, 187.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0842 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.085 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9940, 48.6447, 56.7201)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C8BF #C8727B

analogous

#72C894 #72C8BF #72A6C8

triadic

#72C8BF #BF72C8 #C8BF72

tetradic

#72C8BF #9472C8 #C8727B #A6C872

square

#72C8BF #9472C8 #C8727B #A6C872

split-complementary

#72C8BF #C872A6 #C89472

monochromatic

#368A81 #47B6AA #72C8BF #9ED9D3 #CAEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#72C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C8BF

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C8BF	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DCCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.085 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd9d2',
    500: '#72c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c8bf;
$custom-light: #9fd9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.721,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77602,
    "c": 0.08482,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C8BF

secondary

#DBBBBE

accent

#2E3DB7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C8BF

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

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