#72A596#72A596

#72A596 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.059 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A596
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 31%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -20.28, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 20.42, 173.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0585 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.059 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8977, 32.6883, 33.7931)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A596 #A57281

analogous

#72A57D #72A596 #729BA5

triadic

#72A596 #9672A5 #A59672

tetradic

#72A596 #7D72A5 #A57281 #9BA572

square

#72A596 #7D72A5 #A57281 #9BA572

split-complementary

#72A596 #A5729B #A57D72

monochromatic

#3D6055 #558577 #72A596 #97BDB2 #BDD5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#72A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#72A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A596

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A596	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.059 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc0b4',
    500: '#72a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a596;
$custom-light: #9cc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 22.078,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68141,
    "c": 0.05879,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A596

secondary

#C4AFB5

accent

#6982BF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A596

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

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