#72CDAF#72CDAF

#72CDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.098 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CDAF
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 175)
HSL	hsl(160, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(160, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 14.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -34.28, 6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 34.89, 169.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.097 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.098 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5054, 50.3324, 48.3406)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CDAF #CD7290

analogous

#72CD82 #72CDAF #72BDCD

triadic

#72CDAF #AF72CD #CDAF72

tetradic

#72CDAF #8272CD #CD7290 #BDCD72

square

#72CDAF #8272CD #CD7290 #BDCD72

split-complementary

#72CDAF #CD72BD #CD8272

monochromatic

#339172 #45BD95 #72CDAF #9FDDC9 #CCEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#72CDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#72CDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CDAF

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CDAF	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.098 170.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.22,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78307,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CDAF

secondary

#974C65

accent

#2B5ABB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CDAF

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

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