#72A998#72A998

#72A998 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.063 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A998
RGB	rgb(114, 169, 152)
HSL	hsl(161, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -21.88, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 22.09, 172.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0629 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.063 173)
XYZ	xyz(26.7929, 34.2189, 34.8928)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A998 #A97283

analogous

#72A97C #72A998 #729EA9

triadic

#72A998 #9872A9 #A99872

tetradic

#72A998 #7C72A9 #A97283 #9EA972

square

#72A998 #7C72A9 #A97283 #9EA972

split-complementary

#72A998 #A9729E #A97C72

monochromatic

#3D6458 #548A79 #72A998 #98C0B4 #BED7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#72A998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#72A998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A998

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A998	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)

#A6A297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 169, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.063 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc2b6',
    500: '#72a998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a998;
$custom-light: #9cc2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.455,
    "s": 24.229,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69143,
    "c": 0.06333,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.3422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A998

secondary

#C7B0B7

accent

#6783C1

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A998

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

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