#72A997#72A997

#72A997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.064 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A997
RGB	rgb(114, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(160, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -22.10, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 22.39, 170.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0633 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.064 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7114, 34.1863, 34.4633)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A997 #A97284

analogous

#72A97B #72A997 #729FA9

triadic

#72A997 #9772A9 #A99772

tetradic

#72A997 #7B72A9 #A97284 #9FA972

square

#72A997 #7B72A9 #A97284 #9FA972

split-complementary

#72A997 #A9729F #A97B72

monochromatic

#3D6457 #548A78 #72A997 #98C0B3 #BED7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#72A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#72A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A997

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A997	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.064 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc2b5',
    500: '#72a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a997;
$custom-light: #9cc2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.364,
    "s": 24.229,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69114,
    "c": 0.06395,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A997

secondary

#C7B0B7

accent

#6784C1

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A997

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

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