#72AE8F#72AE8F

#72AE8F is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.078 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE8F
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 143)
HSL	hsl(149, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(149, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 17.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -26.32, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 28.09, 159.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0734 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.078 161)
XYZ	xyz(27.0316, 35.8312, 31.4730)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE8F #AE7291

analogous

#73AE72 #72AE8F #72AEAD

triadic

#72AE8F #8F72AE #AE8F72

tetradic

#72AE8F #7273AE #AE7291 #AEAD72

square

#72AE8F #7273AE #AE7291 #AEAD72

split-complementary

#72AE8F #AD72AE #AE7273

monochromatic

#3C6952 #539070 #72AE8F #99C4AE #C0DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#72AE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#72AE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE8F

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE8F	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.078 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6af',
    500: '#72ae8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae8f;
$custom-light: #9cc6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.07762,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.35833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE8F

secondary

#CAB2BE

accent

#6495C3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F2F8F4

border

#CCD1CE

text

#0E1310

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE8F

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

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