#72CDAE#72CDAE

#72CDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.099 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDAE
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(160, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(160, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -34.50, 7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 35.21, 168.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0975 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.099 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4076, 50.2933, 47.8252)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDAE #CD7291

analogous

#72CD80 #72CDAE #72BFCD

triadic

#72CDAE #AE72CD #CDAE72

tetradic

#72CDAE #8072CD #CD7291 #BFCD72

square

#72CDAE #8072CD #CD7291 #BFCD72

split-complementary

#72CDAE #CD72BF #CD8072

monochromatic

#339171 #45BD94 #72CDAE #9FDDC8 #CCEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#72CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDAE

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDAE	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.099 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdcc6',
    500: '#72cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cdae;
$custom-light: #9fdcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.56,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7828,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDAE

secondary

#974C66

accent

#2B5CBB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDAE

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

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