#72998E#72998E

#72998E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.046 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72998E
RGB	rgb(114, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(163, 16%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 25%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -15.79, 1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 15.85, 174.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0458 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.046 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2116, 28.3119, 29.8277)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72998E #99727D

analogous

#72997B #72998E #729099

triadic

#72998E #8E7299 #998E72

tetradic

#72998E #7B7299 #99727D #909972

square

#72998E #7B7299 #99727D #909972

split-complementary

#72998E #997290 #997B72

monochromatic

#3D544D #56776E #72998E #96B3AA #B9CCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#72998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#72998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72998E

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72998E	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#689A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.046 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bb7af',
    500: '#72998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72998e;
$custom-light: #9bb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.077,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.04597,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72998E

secondary

#BCABB0

accent

#6F84B9

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F4

border

#CCD0CE

text

#0E1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72998E

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

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