#72CFAF#72CFAF

#72CFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.101 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CFAF
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 175)
HSL	hsl(159, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(159, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 0%, 15.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -35.21, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 35.97, 168.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0994 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.101 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9869, 51.2954, 48.5011)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CFAF #CF7292

analogous

#72CF80 #72CFAF #72C0CF

triadic

#72CFAF #AF72CF #CFAF72

tetradic

#72CFAF #8072CF #CF7292 #C0CF72

square

#72CFAF #8072CF #CF7292 #C0CF72

split-complementary

#72CFAF #CF72C0 #CF8072

monochromatic

#329473 #44BF95 #72CFAF #A0DFC9 #CDEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72CFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#72CFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CFAF

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CFAF	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.101 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdec6',
    500: '#72cfaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cfaf;
$custom-light: #9fdec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.355,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7878,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CFAF

secondary

#9A4B66

accent

#295CBD

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CFAF

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

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