#72CBBF#72CBBF

#72CBBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.088 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBBF
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 191)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(172, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -29.62, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 29.71, 184.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0877 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.088 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6956, 50.0479, 56.9539)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBBF #CB727E

analogous

#72CB93 #72CBBF #72ABCB

triadic

#72CBBF #BF72CB #CBBF72

tetradic

#72CBBF #9372CB #CB727E #ABCB72

square

#72CBBF #9372CB #CB727E #ABCB72

split-complementary

#72CBBF #CB72AB #CB9372

monochromatic

#348E82 #45BBAB #72CBBF #9FDBD3 #CBECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72CBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#72CBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBBF

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBBF	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CCEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.088 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0dbd2',
    500: '#72cbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbbf;
$custom-light: #a0dbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.91,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78301,
    "c": 0.08798,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBBF

secondary

#954C56

accent

#2C3FB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBBF

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

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