#72CABB#72CABB

#72CABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.088 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CABB
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 187)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(170, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -30.10, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 30.11, 181.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0883 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.088 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0260, 49.4035, 54.5888)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CABB #CA7281

analogous

#72CA8F #72CABB #72ADCA

triadic

#72CABB #BB72CA #CABB72

tetradic

#72CABB #8F72CA #CA7281 #ADCA72

square

#72CABB #8F72CA #CA7281 #ADCA72

split-complementary

#72CABB #CA72AD #CA8F72

monochromatic

#358D7E #46B9A5 #72CABB #9EDBD0 #CBEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72CABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#72CABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CABB

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CABB	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ECDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.088 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdacf',
    500: '#72cabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cabb;
$custom-light: #9fdacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.773,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77946,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CABB

secondary

#DCBCC1

accent

#2D45B9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF9

border

#CED4D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CABB

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

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