#72CBB9#72CBB9

#72CBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.090 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBB9
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 185)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(168, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -31.05, 0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 31.06, 178.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0903 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.09 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0488, 49.7892, 53.5475)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBB9 #CB7284

analogous

#72CB8D #72CBB9 #72B1CB

triadic

#72CBB9 #B972CB #CBB972

tetradic

#72CBB9 #8D72CB #CB7284 #B1CB72

square

#72CBB9 #8D72CB #CB7284 #B1CB72

split-complementary

#72CBB9 #CB72B1 #CB8D72

monochromatic

#348E7C #45BBA3 #72CBB9 #9FDBCF #CBECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72CBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#72CBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBB9

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBB9	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.090 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdbce',
    500: '#72cbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbb9;
$custom-light: #9fdbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.865,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78121,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBB9

secondary

#DDBCC3

accent

#2C49B9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF9

border

#CED4D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBB9

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

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