#72AC99#72AC99

#72AC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.067 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72AC99
RGBrgb(114, 172, 153)
HSLhsl(160, 26%, 56%)
HSVhsv(160, 34%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(33.7%, 0%, 11%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(66.04, -23.18, 3.78)
CIE-LCHlch(66.04, 23.49, 170.73°)
OKLaboklab(69.88% -0.0663 0.0097)
OKLCHoklch(69.88% 0.067 171.7)
XYZxyz(27.4397, 35.3808, 35.5141)
Luminance0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72AC99 #AC7285
analogous
#72AC7C #72AC99 #72A2AC
triadic
#72AC99 #9972AC #AC9972
tetradic
#72AC99 #7C72AC #AC7285 #A2AC72
square
#72AC99 #7C72AC #AC7285 #A2AC72
split-complementary
#72AC99 #AC72A2 #AC7C72
monochromatic
#3D6759 #538E7A #72AC99 #99C3B5 #BFD9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#72AC99 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08
#72AC99 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AC99
8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72AC99#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72AC991.002.608.088.08
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0821.001.001.00
##0000008.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9A598
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E9E9A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#62ADA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72ac99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.067 171.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc5b7',
    500: '#72ac99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72ac99;
$custom-light: #9cc5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72ac99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.345,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69881,
    "c": 0.06701,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72AC99
secondary
#C9B1B9
accent
#6684C2
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F2F8F6
border
#CCD1D0
text
#0E1311
muted
#7E8280

Preview Lab

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#72AC99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva