#72CEAF#72CEAF

#72CEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.100 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEAF
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 175)
HSL	hsl(160, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(160, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 15%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -34.74, 6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 35.43, 168.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0982 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.1 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7454, 50.8124, 48.4206)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEAF #CE7291

analogous

#72CE81 #72CEAF #72BFCE

triadic

#72CEAF #AF72CE #CEAF72

tetradic

#72CEAF #8172CE #CE7291 #BFCE72

square

#72CEAF #8172CE #CE7291 #BFCE72

split-complementary

#72CEAF #CE72BF #CE8172

monochromatic

#339372 #45BE95 #72CEAF #9FDEC9 #CDEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72CEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#72CEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEAF

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEAF	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ceaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.100 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fddc6',
    500: '#72ceaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ceaf;
$custom-light: #9fddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ceaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.783,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78543,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEAF

secondary

#994B65

accent

#2A5BBC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEAF

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

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