#72AE8B#72AE8B

#72AE8B is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.081 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE8B
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 139)
HSL	hsl(145, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(145, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 20.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -27.14, 11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 29.63, 156.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0752 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.081 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7340, 35.7121, 29.9056)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE8B #AE7295

analogous

#77AE72 #72AE8B #72AEA9

triadic

#72AE8B #8B72AE #AE8B72

tetradic

#72AE8B #7277AE #AE7295 #AEA972

square

#72AE8B #7277AE #AE7295 #AEA972

split-complementary

#72AE8B #A972AE #AE7277

monochromatic

#3C694F #53906C #72AE8B #99C4AB #C0DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#72AE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#72AE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE8B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE8B	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.081 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6ad',
    500: '#72ae8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae8b;
$custom-light: #9cc6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69975,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE8B

secondary

#CAB2C0

accent

#649CC3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F2F8F4

border

#CCD1CE

text

#0E1310

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE8B

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

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