#72CBB2#72CBB2

#72CBB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.094 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBB2
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 178)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(163, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 12.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -32.67, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 32.93, 172.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0934 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.094 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3280, 49.5009, 49.7511)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBB2 #CB728B

analogous

#72CB86 #72CBB2 #72B8CB

triadic

#72CBB2 #B272CB #CBB272

tetradic

#72CBB2 #8672CB #CB728B #B8CB72

square

#72CBB2 #8672CB #CB728B #B8CB72

split-complementary

#72CBB2 #CB72B8 #CB8672

monochromatic

#348E75 #45BB9A #72CBB2 #9FDBCA #CBECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72CBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#72CBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBB2

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBB2	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.094 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdbc9',
    500: '#72cbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbb2;
$custom-light: #9fdbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.146,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77918,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBB2

secondary

#DDBCC5

accent

#2C54B9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBB2

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

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