#72A99B#72A99B

#72A99B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.062 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A99B
RGB	rgb(114, 169, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 8.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -21.21, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 21.26, 176.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0615 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.062 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0417, 34.3184, 36.2032)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A99B #A97280

analogous

#72A97F #72A99B #729BA9

triadic

#72A99B #9B72A9 #A99B72

tetradic

#72A99B #7F72A9 #A97280 #9BA972

square

#72A99B #7F72A9 #A97280 #9BA972

split-complementary

#72A99B #A9729B #A97F72

monochromatic

#3D645A #548A7C #72A99B #98C0B6 #BED7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#72A99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#72A99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A99B

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A99B	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 169, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.062 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc2b8',
    500: '#72a99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a99b;
$custom-light: #9cc2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.727,
    "s": 24.229,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69232,
    "c": 0.06164,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A99B

secondary

#C7B0B6

accent

#677EC1

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A99B

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

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