#72CBAE#72CBAE

#72CBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.096 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBAE
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(160, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(160, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -33.57, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 34.13, 169.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0951 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.096 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9322, 49.3426, 47.6668)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBAE #CB728F

analogous

#72CB81 #72CBAE #72BCCB

triadic

#72CBAE #AE72CB #CBAE72

tetradic

#72CBAE #8172CB #CB728F #BCCB72

square

#72CBAE #8172CB #CB728F #BCCB72

split-complementary

#72CBAE #CB72BC #CB8172

monochromatic

#348E71 #45BB94 #72CBAE #9FDBC8 #CBECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#72CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBAE

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBAE	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.096 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdbc6',
    500: '#72cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbae;
$custom-light: #9fdbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.449,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBAE

secondary

#DDBCC7

accent

#2C5AB9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBAE

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

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