#72AE90#72AE90

#72AE90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.077 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE90
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 144)
HSL	hsl(150, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(150, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 17.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -26.11, 9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 27.72, 160.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0729 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.077 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1077, 35.8616, 31.8738)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE90 #AE7290

analogous

#72AE72 #72AE90 #72AEAE

triadic

#72AE90 #9072AE #AE9072

tetradic

#72AE90 #7272AE #AE7290 #AEAE72

square

#72AE90 #7272AE #AE7290 #AEAE72

split-complementary

#72AE90 #AE72AE #AE7272

monochromatic

#3C6953 #539071 #72AE90 #99C4AF #C0DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#72AE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#72AE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE90

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE90	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)

#ACA68E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.077 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6b0',
    500: '#72ae90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae90;
$custom-light: #9cc6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70105,
    "c": 0.07676,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE90

secondary

#CAB2BE

accent

#6494C3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F2F8F4

border

#CCD1CE

text

#0E1310

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE90

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

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