#72AB99#72AB99

#72AB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.066 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AB99
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -22.67, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 22.92, 171.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.065 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.066 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2501, 35.0016, 35.4509)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AB99 #AB7284

analogous

#72AB7C #72AB99 #72A0AB

triadic

#72AB99 #9972AB #AB9972

tetradic

#72AB99 #7C72AB #AB7284 #A0AB72

square

#72AB99 #7C72AB #AB7284 #A0AB72

split-complementary

#72AB99 #AB72A0 #AB7C72

monochromatic

#3D6659 #548C7A #72AB99 #98C2B5 #BFD9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#72AB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#72AB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AB99

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AB99	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ab99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.066 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc4b7',
    500: '#72ab99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ab99;
$custom-light: #9cc4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ab99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.053,
    "s": 25.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69644,
    "c": 0.06558,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AB99

secondary

#C8B1B8

accent

#6683C2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AB99

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

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