#72AE79#72AE79

#72AE79 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.099 H 147.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE79
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(127, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(127, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -30.54, 21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 37.19, 145.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0834 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.099 147.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5254, 35.2287, 23.5403)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE79 #AE72A7

analogous

#89AE72 #72AE79 #72AE97

triadic

#72AE79 #7972AE #AE7972

tetradic

#72AE79 #7289AE #AE72A7 #AE9772

square

#72AE79 #7289AE #AE72A7 #AE9772

split-complementary

#72AE79 #9772AE #AE7289

monochromatic

#3C6942 #53905A #72AE79 #99C49E #C0DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#72AE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#72AE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE79

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE79	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.099 147.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6a0',
    500: '#72ae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae79;
$custom-light: #9cc6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69551,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 147.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE79

secondary

#CAB2C7

accent

#64B8C3

background

#F9FCF9

surface

#F2F8F2

border

#CCD1CC

text

#0E130E

muted

#7E827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE79

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

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