#72CBBD#72CBBD

#72CBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.089 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBBD
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 189)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(171, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -30.10, -1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 30.13, 182.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0886 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.089 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4770, 49.9605, 55.8027)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBBD #CB7280

analogous

#72CB91 #72CBBD #72ADCB

triadic

#72CBBD #BD72CB #CBBD72

tetradic

#72CBBD #9172CB #CB7280 #ADCB72

square

#72CBBD #9172CB #CB7280 #ADCB72

split-complementary

#72CBBD #CB72AD #CB9172

monochromatic

#348E80 #45BBA8 #72CBBD #9FDBD2 #CBECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72CBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#72CBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBBD

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBBD	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DCEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.089 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dbd0',
    500: '#72cbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbbd;
$custom-light: #a0dbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.562,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7824,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBBD

secondary

#DDBCC1

accent

#2C42B9

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF9

border

#CED4D2

text

#0F1514

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBBD

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

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