#72AA99#72AA99

#72AA99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.064 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AA99
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -22.17, 2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 22.36, 172.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0637 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.064 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0619, 34.6253, 35.3882)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AA99 #AA7283

analogous

#72AA7D #72AA99 #729FAA

triadic

#72AA99 #9972AA #AA9972

tetradic

#72AA99 #7D72AA #AA7283 #9FAA72

square

#72AA99 #7D72AA #AA7283 #9FAA72

split-complementary

#72AA99 #AA729F #AA7D72

monochromatic

#3D6559 #548B7A #72AA99 #98C1B5 #BED8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#72AA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#72AA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AA99

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AA99	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.064 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc3b7',
    500: '#72aa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aa99;
$custom-light: #9cc3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.786,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69408,
    "c": 0.06415,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AA99

secondary

#C8B0B7

accent

#6782C1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AA99

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

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