#72A599#72A599

#72A599 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.057 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A599
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 31%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -19.61, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 19.62, 177.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0572 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.057 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1424, 32.7862, 35.0817)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A599 #A5727E

analogous

#72A57F #72A599 #7298A5

triadic

#72A599 #9972A5 #A59972

tetradic

#72A599 #7F72A5 #A5727E #98A572

square

#72A599 #7F72A5 #A5727E #98A572

split-complementary

#72A599 #A57298 #A57F72

monochromatic

#3D6057 #55857A #72A599 #97BDB4 #BDD5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#72A599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#72A599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A599

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A599	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98989A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.057 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc0b7',
    500: '#72a599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a599;
$custom-light: #9cc0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 22.078,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68231,
    "c": 0.0572,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A599

secondary

#C4AFB4

accent

#697DBF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A599

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

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