#72CBBA#72CBBA

#72CBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.090 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBBA
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 186)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(169, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -30.81, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 30.81, 179.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0899 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.09 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1547, 49.8316, 54.1054)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBBA #CB7283

analogous

#72CB8D #72CBBA #72B0CB

triadic

#72CBBA #BA72CB #CBBA72

tetradic

#72CBBA #8D72CB #CB7283 #B0CB72

square

#72CBBA #8D72CB #CB7283 #B0CB72

split-complementary

#72CBBA #CB72B0 #CB8D72

monochromatic

#348E7D #45BBA4 #72CBBA #9FDBD0 #CBECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72CBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#72CBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBBA

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBBA	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FCEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.090 180.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.539,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7815,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBBA

secondary

#DDBCC2

accent

#2C47B9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF9

border

#CED4D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBBA

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

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