#72CAAB#72CAAB

#72CAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.097 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAAB
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 171)
HSL	hsl(159, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(159, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 15.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -33.76, 7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 34.54, 167.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0953 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.097 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4076, 48.7561, 46.0652)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAAB #CA7291

analogous

#72CA7F #72CAAB #72BDCA

triadic

#72CAAB #AB72CA #CAAB72

tetradic

#72CAAB #7F72CA #CA7291 #BDCA72

square

#72CAAB #7F72CA #CA7291 #BDCA72

split-complementary

#72CAAB #CA72BD #CA7F72

monochromatic

#358D6E #46B990 #72CAAB #9EDBC5 #CBEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72CAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#72CAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAAB

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAAB	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.097 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdac4',
    500: '#72caab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caab;
$custom-light: #9fdac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.864,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77488,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAAB

secondary

#DCBCC7

accent

#2D5EB9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F3FBF8

border

#CDD4D1

text

#0F1512

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAAB

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

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